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"War is too important to be left to the generals."

"Still water runs deep."

"Wealth rarely brings happiness. (Strauss, 1994 p. 670)"

"Learn to walk before you run."

"Don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk."

"Walk softly, carry a big stick."

"Hitch your wagon to a star. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)"

"Virtue which parleys is near a surrender."

"Wait and see. (Herbert Asquith)"

"Walk the talk. (Manser, 2007)"

"Go West, young man, go West! (John Soule)"

"Empty vessels make the most sound."

"Let every vat stand upon its own bottom. (William Bullein)"

"The vicar of Bray will be vicar of Bray. (Manser, 2007 p. 286)"

"He that stays in the valley will not get over the hill."

"Two heads are better than one."

"Variety is the soul of pleasure. (Aphra Behn)"

"Where vice goes before, vengeance follows after."

"Don't try to be someone you're not."

"Truth seeks no corners."

"You never know what you can do until you try."

"Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense. (Henry St. John)"

"Truth is stranger than fiction."

"Truth may be blamed, but it shall never be shamed."

"It takes two to make a quarrel."

"It takes a village to raise a child."

"Set a herring to catch a whale. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1134)"

"If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die."

"So pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag. And smile, smile, smile. (George Asaf)"

"Divers Proverbs, Nathan Bailey, 1721 p.b72"

"He that waits on another man's trencher, makes many a late dinner."

"There is no tree but bears some fruit. (Mawr, 1885 p. 131)"

"Never trouble trouble 'til trouble troubles you."

"A half truth is a whole lie."

"A good name is the best of all treasures. (Strauss, 1998 p. 20)"

"Jack of all trades and master of none."

"People only throw stones at trees with fruit on them."

"A bad workman blames his tools."

"A still tongue makes a wise head."

"Do not play with edged tools. (Strauss, 1994 p. 716)"

"The apple never falls far from the tree."

"Truth gives a short answer, lies go round about. (Strauss, 1994 p. 221)"

"To choose time is to save time. (Francis Bacon)"

"There is nothing more precious than time and nothing more prodigally wasted. (Strauss 1994, p. 722)"

"Avoid the pleasure which will bite tomorrow."

"Time is precious. (Paczolay, 1997 p. 428)"

"Time himself is bald. (William Shakespeare)"

"There is no time like the present. (18th century) (Citatboken)"

"Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today."

"Time and tide wait for no man."