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A little of what you fancy does you good.
The Devil is in the details.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Might is right.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
All things must pass.
The pen is mightier than sword.
What goes around comes around.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Ignorance is bliss.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Actions speak louder than words.
Home is where the heart is.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Live and learn.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Dead men tell no tales.
Hope springs eternal.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Great minds think alike.
An army marches on its stomach.
Give the Devil his due.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
One good deed deserves another.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Keep your chin up.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Keep your powder dry.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Revenge is sweet.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
The customer is always right.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Haste makes waste.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Nine tailors make a man.
Third time lucky.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Truth will out.
Seize the day.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Talk is cheap.
You are never too old to learn.
Don't shoot the messenger.
It's the singer not the song.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
God helps those who help themselves.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Walls have ears.
In the midst of life we are in death.
It's never too late to mend.
Bad money drives out good.
The early bird gets the worm.
Enough is enough.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Once a thief, always a thief.
A miss is as good as a mile.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Small things amuse small minds.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Waste not, want not.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Beauty is only skin deep.
No news is good news.
Persuasion is better than force.
Easy come, easy go.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Shrouds have no pockets.
What can't be cured must be endured.
East is east, and west is west.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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