• A banker is someone who lends you an umbrella when the sun is shining, and who asks for it back when it starts to rain.

• A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist.

• A bicycle can't stand on its own because it's two-tired.

• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
  • Computer one-liner: A bug in the code is worth two in the documentation.
  • Meaning: What you already have is worth more than what you dream about.

• A burnt child dreads the fire.
  • Meaning: A person who has had bad experiences will shy away from certain things

• A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

• A cat may look at a king.
  • Meaning: If a cat may look at the king - then I have a right to look where I please.

• A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor. (African proverb)
  • Meaning: calm times do not show anything; it's the tough times that make you what you are.

• A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
  • Meaning: The strength of any group depends on the individual strength of each of its members.

• A closed mouth catches no flies.
  • Meaning: It is often safer to keep one's mouth shut.

• A constant guest never welcomes.

• A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once.
  • From William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

• A good beginning makes a good ending.

• A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all.
  • Meaning: society is what makes good good and bad bad

• A good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.

• A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

• A jack of all trades is a master of none.

• A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.
  • Charles Spurgeon. A great lie may be widely accepted before the truth comes to light.

• A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
  • A little Learning is a dangerous Thing;
    Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring:
    There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain,
    And drinking largely sobers us again. ~ Alexander Pope

• A penny saved is a penny earned.
  • Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac

• A picture is worth a thousand words.

• A pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison.

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