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