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• Wake not a sleeping lion.
• Walls have ears.
• Waste not, want not.
• Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.
• A watched pot never boils.
• We live in deeds, not in years.
• Wedlock is a padlock.
• Well begun is half done.
• What can't be cured must be endured.
• What's done cannot be undone.
• What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
• What is the good of a sundial in the shade?
• What is worth doing is worth doing well.
• What will Mrs Grundy say?
• Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
• When all men speak, no man hears.
• When children stand still, they have done some ill.
• When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war.
• When I lent, I had a friend; when I asked, he was unkind.
• When in doubt, leave out.
• When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
• When one door shuts, another opens.
• When the cat is away, the mice will play.
• Where there is a will, there is a way.
• Where there is smoke, there is fire.
• While there is life, there is hope.
• Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
• Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
• A wonder lasts but nine days.
• A word is enough to the wise.
• A word spoken is past recalling.
• Words cut more than swords.
• Work is worship.
• The worst wheel of the cart creaks most.
• You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
• You cannot catch old birds with chaff.
• You cannot have it both ways.
• You cannot have the cake and eat it too.
• You cannot make a crab walk straight.
• You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.
• You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.
• You cannot sell the cow and drink the milk.
• You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.
• You may lead a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink.
• You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
• You never know what you can do till you try.

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