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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
History repeats itself.
There's an exception to every rule.
Love is blind.
Accidents will happen.
Time flies.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Easy come, easy go.
Marriages are made in heaven.
The bigger, the better.
Fortune favours the brave.
There's no smoke without fire.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Pride comes before a fall.
One hand washes the other.
Good talk saves the food.
Slow but sure.
Blood is thicker than water.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
A good man is hard to find.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
You can't win them all.
Oil and water don't mix.
Still waters run deep.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
A bad penny always turns up.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
For everything there is a season.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
An army marches on its stomach.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Never tell tales out of school.
Each to their own.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
The best defence is a good offence.
Don't change horses in midstream.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
There's safety in numbers.
One good deed deserves another.
Business before pleasure.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Better safe than sorry.
The exception which proves the rule.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Wonders will never cease.
Youth is wasted on the young.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Opposites attract.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Keep your powder dry.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Better late than never.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
The Devil is in the details.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Talk is cheap.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
You are never too old to learn.
Birds of a feather flock together.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
A leopard can't change its spots.
The truth will out.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Ignorance is bliss.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Truth will out.
Patience is a virtue.
Small things amuse small minds.
Strike while the iron is hot.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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