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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Might is right.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
There is honour among thieves.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Beware the Ides of March.
The wages of sin is death.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Less said, soon mended.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Tomorrow never comes.
Count your blessings.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Like father, like son.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
You can't take it with you.
The more the merrier.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
It goes without saying.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
A new broom sweeps clean.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Make haste slowly.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Let the buyer beware.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Two heads are better than one.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Horses for courses.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
A leopard can't change its spots.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
What goes around comes around.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Keep your chin up.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
There is no accounting for tastes.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
It takes two to tango.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
If the cap fits, wear it.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
One swallow does not a summer make.
No pain, no gain.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Less is more.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
A word to the wise is enough.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Practice what you preach.
The end justifies the means.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Pride comes before a fall.
It's all grist to the mill.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Physician, heal thyself.
God helps those who help themselves.
Enough is enough.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
A fish always rots from the head.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Manners maketh the man.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
It's better to give than to receive.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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