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Random Proverbs (x 500)
Don't change horses in midstream.
Tomorrow never comes.
A man is known by his friends.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
An man's home is his castle.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
No pain, no gain.
Big fish eat little fish.
Ignorance is bliss.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Don't rock the boat.
It takes two to tango.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
You can't win them all.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
You are never too old to learn.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Make haste slowly.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
It's better to give than to receive.
Count your blessings.
Time is a great healer.
Make love not war.
Put your best foot forward.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
No news is good news.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Great minds think alike.
Shrouds have no pockets.
An army marches on its stomach.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Needs must when the devil drives.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Home is where the heart is.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Enough is enough.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Haste makes waste.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Birds of a feather flock together.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Attack is the best form of defence.
There's one born every minute.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Don't get mad, get even.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Waste not, want not.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Slow and steady wins the race.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
One hand washes the other.
The wages of sin is death.
Slow but sure.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Tomorrow is another day.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Actions speak louder than words.
Only the good die young.
Give credit where credit is due.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Give the Devil his due.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Learn to walk before you run.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Horses for courses.
It goes without saying.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Pearls of wisdom.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Physician, heal thyself.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
More haste, less speed.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Love is blind.
First come, first served.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
There's an exception to every rule.
History repeats itself.
Time and tide wait for no one.
You can't take it with you.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Blood is thicker than water.
Practice what you preach.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
No man can serve two masters.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Good things come in small packages.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Pride comes before a fall.
Everyone has their price.
The Devil is in the details.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
There's safety in numbers.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Money isn't everything.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
The end justifies the means.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Cheats never prosper.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Many hands make light work.
Live and learn.
First impressions are the most lasting.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
The customer is always right.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Speak as you find.
Another day, another dollar.
Practice makes perfect.
A new broom sweeps clean.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
What goes around comes around.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Only fools and horses work.
Different strokes for different folks.
Walls have ears.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
All you need is love.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
The best is the enemy of the good.
You win some, you lose some.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
A cat has nine lives.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
No man is an island.
Charity begins at home.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Like father, like son.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Time is money.
He who hesitates is lost.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Patience is a virtue.
Children should be seen and not heard.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Handsome is as handsome does.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
God helps those who help themselves.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Even a worm will turn.
Less is more.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
It's never too late to mend.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
All's well that ends well.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Small things amuse small minds.
One swallow does not a summer make.
A leopard can't change its spots.
You can't always get what you want.
Knowledge is power.
Nine tailors make a man.
All's fair in love and war.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
All roads lead to Rome.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
All publicity is good publicity.
Do as I say, not as I do.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Bad news travels fast.
Easy come, easy go.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
The more the merrier.
Still waters run deep.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Love will find a way.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Good things come to those who wait.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Quid pro quo.
The early bird gets the worm.
No rest for the wicked.
A bad penny always turns up.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Seek and you shall find.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Wonders will never cease.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Look before you leap.
Love makes the world go round.
Money is the root of all evil.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
It's the singer not the song.
The Devil looks after his own.
First things first.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Revenge is sweet.
Beware the Ides of March.
There is honour among thieves.
Let the buyer beware.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Keep your chin up.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
The pen is mightier than sword.
There's no place like home.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Crime doesn't pay.
Every stick has two ends.
Silence construes consent.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
The bigger, the better.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Fortune favours the brave.
Persuasion is better than force.
Business before pleasure.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Third time lucky.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
If the cap fits, wear it.
There's no time like the present.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Bad money drives out good.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
All things must pass.
Money makes the world go round.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
It takes one to know one.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
A good man is hard to find.
What can't be cured must be endured.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Seeing is believing.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Money talks.
You reap what you sow.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Hide in plain sight.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Go the extra mile.
A golden key can open any door.
Share and share alike.
All the world loves a lover.
While there is life, there is hope.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Seize the day.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
The best things in life are free.
Fight fire with fire.
The truth will out.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Two heads are better than one.
To the victor go the spoils.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Forgive and forget.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
What goes up must come down.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
A miss is as good as a mile.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
If you build it, they will come.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Honesty is the best policy.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Faith will move mountains.
The age of miracles is past.
Less said, soon mended.
Let bygones be bygones.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
East, west, home's best.
Time will tell.
Marriages are made in heaven.
The show must go on.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
All good things come to those that wait.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Truth will out.
Each to their own.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Manners maketh the man.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
There's no smoke without fire.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Paddle your own canoe.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Nothing new under the sun.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Clothes do not make the man.
Misery loves company.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Hope springs eternal.
Moderation in all things.
Better safe than sorry.
Virtue is its own reward.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Every picture tells a story.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
All good things must come to an end.
Never tell tales out of school.
It's all grist to the mill.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
There's no fool like an old fool.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
You are what you eat.
Time flies.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Life is what you make it.
Every dog has its day.
Opposites attract.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Talk is cheap.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
You can't make bricks without straw.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Life begins at forty.
Always put your best foot forward.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
It never rains but it pours.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
To every thing there is a season.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
There is no accounting for tastes.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Enough is as good as a feast.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
For everything there is a season.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Live and let live.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
One good deed deserves another.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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