One must give these things time.

We just have to put up with it, as it were.

The sooner the better to coin a phrase.

It is often said that we fear that which we do not know.

If culture is too expensive try ignorance, people say.

They used to say the pen is mightier than the sword.

Today it s said that only children can see the skeleton.

Mr President, in times of war we have to make do, as they say.

In footballing terms, we would say that there is no point in changing a winning team.

It isn't often that you pay me a compliment, dear.

It is said that 'success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan'.

They say the greatest view in the world is from the saddle of a horse.

This time round, a reform has already been adopted.

Everyone is united in condemning non declared work, or the black economy, as it is commonly called.

In French they say corriger le tir, that is to say to take better aim at the target.

Notwithstanding those remarks, as the saying goes, the devil is in the detail.

I cannot pretend I was not in a minority of one.

And mrs. Frobisher, i mean mrs. Preston don't usually have them.

Options for the EU to assist in such development should not be excluded, as they say.

As they say, people who do not take themselves seriously are not taken seriously by others.

Lies festering in his shroud where, as they say, At some hours in the night spirits resort

Yet the aim of our regional policy to close the gap between richer and poorer regions has hardly been tackled.

As we speak it is frozen over, which illustrates how problematic the natural conditions are there.

There is a whole sphere called 'analytical Marxism,' for example, which kind of says

A new dress for each girl wouldn't be economical says Fräulein von Kesten.

My own view on this, and on such situations as this, is that it is what we call a zero sum game.

We all believed, and continue to believe, that Maastricht was a step forward in establishing com mon foreign policy.

That is all very well, but as the joke goes, some are more equal than others.

On the matter of additionality, nothwithstanding the agreement that Commissioner Millan has made with the UK Government, I fear we are not out of the woods yet.

However, it is said that the most picturesque, flowing and most gentle terrain is around Rejvíz.

Would you then in principle be prepared to discuss a clause of that type and seek a way forward with the House, subject to the principle of subsidiarity and the condition that this refers very specifically to certain bilateral issues?

Mr President, in Finland we ordinary people say 'All in the good time of the powers that be.'

Tom is often late for appointments.

What are people usually blackmailed about?

EPHREMIDIS (CG). (GR) Madam President, there are, of course, emotional and humanitarian aspects to this question, but at the same time we must look beyond those aspects to the urgent problem which, so to speak, lies at the heart of the matter.

She usually is.

Which often happens.

That is the theory, despite the fact that a large number of participating countries are brutal dictatorships which hold both democracy and human rights in contempt.

You don't usually bring the author back to say, did you intend this or didn't you?

My own favourite economist and guru, Jane Jacobs, points out that everything is disappointing in practice.

Of course, we must agree to finance environmental protection, and that is also where we see the limitations of the market.

During the summer holidays Lipno comes alive.

She is usually defined as a world music artist.

Your aunt is never late.

However, I would like to inform Mr Florenz that, where lead is concerned as the Italian proverb says it is better to have leaden feet, that is to go slowly.