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"My house is my castle. (Edward Coke)"

"People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

"Admiration is the daughter of ignorance."

"Ignorance is bliss."

"The ignorant always adore what they cannot understand."

"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."

"Imitation is the highest form of flattery."

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results."

"Don't have too many irons in the fire. (16th century) (Citatboken)"

"Iron sharpens iron. (Whiting, 1997 p. 235)"

"It is always good when a man has two irons in the fire. (Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)"

"Strike while the iron is hot. or Make hay while the sun shines."

"No man is an island."

"If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well."

"Joy shared, joy doubled: sorrow shared, sorrow halved. (Strauss, 1994 p. 249)"

"Hasty judgment leads to repentance. (Strauss, 1994 p. 196)"

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"Justice pleaseth few in their own house."

"Without justice, courage is weak."

"Kindness, like grain, increases by sowing."

"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."

"The king can do no wrong. (17th century)"

"Know thyself."

"Learning is the eye of the mind."

"Knowledge is power. (17th Century)"

"Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening."

"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

"If you can't be good, be careful."

"Only the good die young."

"Rich men seem happy, great and wise, all which the good man only is."

"The best goods are cheapest in the end. (Kelly, 1859 p, 95)"

"Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs."

"Every man thinks his own geese swans."

"Goose, gander and gosling are three sounds but one thing. (Strauss, 1994 p. 104)"

"What's good for the goose is good for the gander."

"Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously."

"Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you."

"That government is best which governs least."

"The grass is always greener on the other side."

"Grasp all, lose all. (Strauss, 1994 p. 884)"

"Great events cast their shadows before them."

"Great minds agree. (Strauss, 1994 p. 882)"

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts."

"Habit is a great deadener. (Samuel Beckett)"

"When the cat is away, the mice will play. (16th century) (Citatboken)"

"The more you stroke the cat's tail, the more he raises his back. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1184)"

"There's more than one way to skin a cat."

"All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet."

"A cat may look at a king."