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"Slow and steady wins the race."

"He that sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind."

"For when the wine is in the wit is out. (Thomas Becon)"

"Life is too short (to drink bad wine)."

"Good wine needs no bush."

"Wine in , truth out. (16th century)"

"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."

"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. (William Blake)"

"Some are wise and some are otherwise. (1659)"

"Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it."

"The wish is father to the thought."

"He who is not with me is against me."

"Willful waste makes woeful want. (Wolfgang, 1992 p. 925)"

"The wolf finds a reason for taking the lamb. (Strauss, 1994, p. 68)"

"There is no other purgatory but a woman. (Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)"

"Well behaved women seldom make history."

"Touch wood. (20th century)"

"You cannot see the wood for trees. (1546)"

"A deluge of words and a drop of sense."

"A word spoken is past recalling."

"Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves."

"Fine words butter no parsnips."

"Many a true word is spoken in jest."

"Many words will not fill a bushel."

"No need of words, trust deeds. (Strauss, 1994 p. 91)"

"A woman's work is never done."

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."

"Many hands make light work. (Speak, 2009)"

"No man is born into this world, whose work is not born with him. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1107)"

"Quick at meat, quick at work. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1150)"

"Tread on a worm and it will turn."

"It takes all sorts of people to make a world."

"Smile, and the world smiles with you; cry, and you cry alone."

"Take all things as they come and be content."

"He is worth his weight in gold. (16th century)"

"If anything can go wrong, it will."

"It is not wise to open old wounds."

"Diligent youth makes easy age."

"Reckless youth makes rueful age."

"They who would be young when they are old must be old when they are young."

"Young men may die, old men must. (16th century)"

"Young men think old men fools, and old men know young men to be so. (16th century)"

"Young saint, old devil. (15th century)"

"Youth and age will never agree. (16th century)"

"Fretting cares make grey hairs. (Strauss, 1994 p. 631"

"Never do things by halves."

"Never let the right hand know what the left hand is doing."

"One hand washes the other."

"Handsome is that handsome does. (1670) (Strauss, 1994 p. 879)"

"Hard words break no bones. (Strauss, 1998 p. 17)"