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april 10, 2026
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"Don't wash your dirty linen in public. (Strauss, 1994 p. 702) (19th century, Citatboken, Bokförlaget Natur och Kultur, Stockholm, 1967, p. 189, ISBN 91-27-01681-1)"
"A losing trade, I assure you, sir; literature is a drug. (George Borrow)"
"Little by little and bit by bit."
"Live and let live."
"Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be. (Jane Austen)"
"Loose lips sink ships."
"All is not lost that is in danger."
"Use it or lose it."
"Love and ambition admit no fellowship."
"Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret. (Aphra Behn)"
"Love is blind."
"Love laughs at locksmiths."
"It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."
"Love me little, love me long. (1546)"
"Those have most power to hurt us that we love. (Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)"
"There's no such thing as a free lunch."
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't. (William Shakespeare)"
"Make the best of a bad bargain."
"A man's folly ought to be his greatest secret."
"A man's worst enemies are often those of his own house. (Strauss, 1994 p. 52)"
"Do a man a good turn and he'll never forgive you."
"Good men are hard to find."
"Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. (Thomas Browne)"
"Manners maketh the man."
"The way to a man's heart is through his stomach."
"Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother. (Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)"
"Wise men learn by other men's harms, fools by their own."
"Ne'er cast a clout till May be out."
"Many a mickle makes a muckle."
"Many things are lost for want of asking."
"A young man married is a young man marred."
"Marry in haste, and repent at leisure."
"Measure twice, cut once."
"It's never too late to mend."
"Might is right. (14th century)"
"Men talk only to conceal the mind. (Strauss 1994, p. 1088)"
"Mind your own business. (Strauss, 1998 p. 719)"
"Mind your P's and Q's. or British: Mind your manners."
"Out of sight, out of mind. (13th century)"
"The longest mile is the last mile home."
"It's no use crying over spilt milk. (Strauss, 1994 p. 631)"
"Misfortunes never come singly. (14th century, Citatboken)"
"Don't make the same mistake twice."
"The mob has many heads, but no brains. (1732)"
"I'm tired of Love: I'm still more tired of Rhyme. But Money gives me pleasure all the time. (Hilaire Belloc)"
"Money is a good servant, but a bad master. (17th century)"
"Money is like muck, not good except it be spread. (Francis Bacon)"
"Money makes the mare go."
"Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. (Aphra Behn)"
"Time is money."