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The early bird catches the worm.
Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Easier said than done.
East or west, home is best.
Easy come, easy go.
An empty sack cannot stand upright.
Empty vessels make the most sound.
Every ass likes to hear himself bray.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Every dog has his day.
Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.
Every Jack must have his Jill.
Every little helps.
Every man is his own worst enemy.
Every medal has two sides.
Every oak must be an acorn.
Everything comes to him who waits.
Everything must have a beginning.
The exception proves the rule.
Experience is the mother of wisdom.
Experience is the teacher of fools.
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Finder's keepers, loser's weepers.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Fingers were made before forks.
The first blow is half the battle.
First catch your hare.
First come, first served.
The fish that nibbles at every bait will soon be caught.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
For the want of a nail the shoe was lost.
Forgive and forget.
Fortune favors the brave.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves.
The end justifies the means.
The end makes all equal.
An Englishman's house is his castle.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Even a worm will turn.
Even Homer sometimes nods.
Every cock crows on his own dunghill.
Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.
Every flow must have its ebb.
Every law has a loophole.
Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost.
Every man has his price.
Every man has the defects of his own virtues.
Every why has a wherefore.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everyone to his taste.
Evil to him who evil thinks.
Example is better than precept.
Exchange is no robbery.
Expectation is better than realization.
Extremes meet.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
The fairest rose is at last withered.
A fault confessed is half redressed.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
First impressions are most lasting.
First thrive and then wive.
Fling enough dirt and some will stick.
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
Forbidden fruit is sweetest.
A forced kindness deserves no thanks.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Fortune knocks at least once at every man's gate.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.
Full of courtesy, full of craft.

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