Common phrases

The best defense is a good offense
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To each his own
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Tomorrow never comes
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Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom
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A rising tide lifts all boats
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You cannot get blood out of a stone
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If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
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Time and tide wait for no man
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He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing
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Easier said than done
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