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1.

When one has an appetite, even plain food tastes good.

  Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

  The love of money is the root of all evil.

  It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

  Hunger is the best sauce.

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2.

The desire to become rich quick gives rise to sinful behavior.

  Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

  The love of money is the root of all evil.

  Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.

  Live and let live.

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3.

Life would be very easy if goals could be achieved only by desiring.

  If wishes were horses beggars would ride.

  Look before you leap.

  It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

  It is good fishing in troubled waters.

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4.

More the people doing a job, the less effort for each person and the less time to finish the job.

  Many hands make light work.

  Kill not the goose that lays golden eggs.

  Hunger is the best sauce.

  It is good fishing in troubled waters.

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5.

There is no value lamenting that which cannot be undone.

  Kill not the goose that lays golden eggs.

  It is no use crying over spilt milk.

  Let the buyer beware or Caveat emptor (Latin version).

  The more you have, the more you want.

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6.

Whom you wed is not decided by you but a matter of chance.

  Hunger is the best sauce.

  Look before you leap.

  It is never too late to mend.

  Marriages are made in heaven.

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7.

Children have the looks and characteristics of their parents.

  Necessity is the mother of invention.

  Knowledge is power.

  Live and let live.

  Like father, like son.

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