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- Be careful what you ask for; you may get it. – Unknown
- Better to be safe than sorry. – Samuel Lover
- Beware the person with nothing to lose. – Italian Proverb
- Don’t sail out farther than you can row back. – Danish Proverb
- Fish don’t get caught in deep water. – Malay Proverb
- Beware the Greeks bearing gifts. – Virgil
- Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion. – Egyptian Proverb
- He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot. – Benjamin Franklin
- If you are going a long way, go slowly. – Unknown
- Ill weeds grow fast. – John Heywood
- Never reveal the bottom of your purse or the depth of your mind. – Italian Proverb
- Penny wise, pound foolish. – Robert Burton
- Once bitten, twice shy. – Unknown
- Hear reason or she will make you feel her. – Benjamin Franklin
- If you call one wolf, you invite the pack. – Bulgarian Proverb
- Only a fool tests the water with both feet. – African Proverb
- Tap even a stone bridge before crossing it. – Korean Proverb
- When in doubt, do nothing. – George John Whyte-Melville
- Pick your poison. – Unknown
- Measure a thousand times; cut once. – Turkish Proverb
- The crab that walks too far, falls into the pot. – Haitian Proverb
- Out of the frying pan, into the fire. – John Heywood
- Fine feathers don’t make fine birds. – Aesop
- Sleeping people can’t fall down. – Japanese Proverb
- The hardest person to awaken is the person already awake. – Tagalog Proverb
- A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again. – Horace
- Choose your neighbors before you buy your house. – Hausa
- Forewarn’d, forearm’d. – Benjamin Franklin
- Always be prepared. – Unknown
- Do not allow sins to get beyond creeping. – Hawaiian Proverb
- Look before you leap. – John Heywood
- Easy does it. – T. Taylor
- Beware the door with too many keys. – Portuguese Proverb
- Mind your p’s and q’s. – English Proverb
- The prudent embark when the sea is calm. – Maori Proverb
- Better the devil you know than the one you don’t. – R. Taverner
- Creditors have better memories than debtors. – English Proverb
- Keep no more cats than will catch mice. – J. Dare
- Sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite. – American Saying
- Walls have ears. – Unknown
- Be ever vigilant but never suspicious. – English Proverb
- Don’t be caught flat. – Unknown
- Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. – John Philpot Curran
- Nothing seems expensive on credit. – Czech Proverb
- One must not play on the nose of a sleeping bear. – German Proverb
- Be careful what you wish for. – Unknown
- Buyer beware. – Latin Proverb
- Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune. – Benjamin Franklin
- The second word makes the quarrel. – Japanese Proverb
- Beware a rickety wall, a savage dog and a quarrelsome person. – Iranian Proverb
- If you buy what you don’t need, you steal from yourself. – Swedish Proverb
- One thing leads to another. – Unknown
- The honey is sweet but the bee has a sting. – Benjamin Franklin
- Beware the fury of a patient man. – John Dryden
- Eggs have no business dancing with stones. – Haitian Proverb
- It’s an ill wind that blows no good. – John Heywood
- Once a word is spoken, it flies, you can’t catch it. – Russian Proverb
