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"More haste, less speed. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1095)"
"The more the merrier. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1094)"
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."
"Don't make a mountain out of a molehill."
"Much is expected where much is given. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1095)"
"Where there's muck there's brass."
"The nail that sticks up will be hammered down. (Whatling, 2009) From the Japanese, "deru kugi wa utareru.""
"All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God. (Sir Thomas Browne]]"
"Nature is beyond all teaching. (Strauss, 1994 p. 764)"
"Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. (Francis Bacon)"
"Necessity is mother of invention. (Roger Ascham)"
"Never lie to your lawyer."
"Never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today."
"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."
"No man is an island."
"No man is indispensable. (Strauss, 1998 p. 319)"
"No means no."
"Lose nothing for want of asking. (Mawr, 1885 p. 116)"
"Nothing for nothing. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1111)"
"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful! (Samuel Beckett)"
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained. (Manser, 2007 p. 207)"
"There is luck in odd numbers."
"He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut."
"Little strokes fell great oaks."
"Old habits die hard."
"Take care of number one."
"The only free cheese is in the mouse trap."
"The only stupid question is the one that is not asked."
"Opportunity makes the thief. (13th century)"
"From big oaks little acorns grow."
"The world is your oyster."
"Good things come in small packages."
"You get what you pay for."
"There is no greater torment than to be alone in paradise. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1106)"
"Never ask pardon before you are accused."
"All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. (John Arbuthnot)"
"If you want peace, prepare for war."
"Peace: in international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. (Ambrose Bierce)"
"There's no peace for the wicked."
"Those who wish to live in peace, must hear, see, and say nothing."
"The pen worse than the sword. (Robert Burton)"
"A penny for your thoughts."
"Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves."
"Penny wise, pound foolish."
"Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves."
"The voice of the people is the voice of god. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1164)"
"He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence. (William Blake)"
"When the pig is proffered, hold up the poke."
"Bitter pills may have blessed effects."
"A picture is worth a thousand words."