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Random Proverbs (x 500)

Live and let live.

Time is a great healer.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

No man can serve two masters.

If you can't be good, be careful.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Live and learn.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Accidents will happen.

Two heads are better than one.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Good talk saves the food.

Everyone has their price.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

East is east, and west is west.

All's fair in love and war.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Love will find a way.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

The Devil is in the details.

Might is right.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

Hope springs eternal.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

Crime doesn't pay.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Children and fools tell the truth.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Put your best foot forward.

Walls have ears.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Different strokes for different folks.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Life begins at forty.

Good things come in small packages.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Forewarned is forearmed.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Love makes the world go round.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

The more the merrier.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

Better late than never.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The Devil looks after his own.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

What goes around comes around.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Moderation in all things.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

There is honour among thieves.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Attack is the best form of defence.

There's no smoke without fire.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The customer is always right.

Bad money drives out good.

Patience is a virtue.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Practice what you preach.

Many hands make light work.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Count your blessings.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

There are two sides to every question.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Beauty is only skin deep.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Money talks.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Needs must when the devil drives.

All publicity is good publicity.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

More haste, less speed.

One good deed deserves another.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Knowledge is power.

Fight the good fight.

You can't make bricks without straw.

It's best to be on the safe side.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Time is money.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You reap what you sow.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A thing begun is half done.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All you need is love.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Paddle your own canoe.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

Seek and you shall find.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Share and share alike.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Nothing succeeds like success.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

A good man is hard to find.

Talk is cheap.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

The wages of sin is death.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Each to their own.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Haste makes waste.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

Keep your chin up.

Persuasion is better than force.

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

A house is not a home.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Enough is enough.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

No man is an island.

Clothes do not make the man.

A watched pot never boils.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Blood is thicker than water.

No rest for the wicked.

Wonders will never cease.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

One hand washes the other.

Better safe than sorry.

Nothing new under the sun.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

You win some, you lose some.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

The exception which proves the rule.

Hide in plain sight.

Only fools and horses work.

A man is known by his friends.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Make love not war.

Honesty is the best policy.

A bad penny always turns up.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

No pain, no gain.

Speak as you find.

Make haste slowly.

The truth will out.

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

Every stick has two ends.

Beggars can't be choosers.

It's the singer not the song.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

While there is life, there is hope.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Don't rock the boat.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

All good things must come to an end.

There's no time like the present.

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

East, west, home's best.

It takes one to know one.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The best things in life are free.

History repeats itself.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Silence is golden.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't change horses in midstream.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Less said, soon mended.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

What goes up must come down.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

All good things come to those that wait.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Still waters run deep.

A fish always rots from the head.

There is no accounting for tastes.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Revenge is sweet.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

It's never too late to mend.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

Time flies.

Life is what you make it.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Manners maketh the man.

All things must pass.

Seeing is believing.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Misery loves company.

Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Pearls of wisdom.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Any port in a storm.

An army marches on its stomach.

God helps those who help themselves.

If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

Money isn't everything.

There's safety in numbers.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Business before pleasure.

The early bird gets the worm.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

There's one born every minute.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

If you build it, they will come.

No news is good news.

You can't take it with you.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Small things amuse small minds.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Quid pro quo.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

There's no place like home.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

To every thing there is a season.

One swallow does not a summer make.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Dead men tell no tales.

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

Waste not, want not.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Less is more.

Tomorrow never comes.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

A cat has nine lives.

A cat may look at a king.

The best defence is a good offence.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

All that glitters is not gold.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Fight fire with fire.

Third time lucky.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Every picture tells a story.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Beware the Ides of March.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Variety is the spice of life.

Money is the root of all evil.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The age of miracles is past.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Home is where the heart is.

There's no fool like an old fool.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

It's better to give than to receive.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

To the victor go the spoils.

Slow but sure.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Tomorrow is another day.

Time will tell.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

You are never too old to learn.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Let bygones be bygones.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Christmas comes but once a year.

It ain't over, till it's over.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Every dog has its day.

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Another day, another dollar.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

Good things come to those who wait.

Strike while the iron is hot.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

Easy come, easy go.

Virtue is its own reward.

Once bitten, twice shy.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

For everything there is a season.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't get mad, get even.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Love is blind.

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

Ignorance is bliss.

It's all grist to the mill.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Forgive and forget.

Practice makes perfect.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

He who hesitates is lost.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Horses for courses.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Like father, like son.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Truth will out.

It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Faith will move mountains.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Let well alone.

Possession is nine points of the law.

You are what you eat.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

All the world loves a lover.

Great minds think alike.

Oil and water don't mix.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Look before you leap.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It goes without saying.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The bigger, the better.

There's an exception to every rule.

Go the extra mile.

All's well that ends well.

The show must go on.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise.

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

Even a worm will turn.

Big fish eat little fish.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

Seize the day.

All roads lead to Rome.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Charity begins at home.

It never rains but it pours.

Learn to walk before you run.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The end justifies the means.

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