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Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Variety is the spice of life.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Better late than never.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Good things come to those who wait.
Truth will out.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Practice what you preach.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Still waters run deep.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Only fools and horses work.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
You are never too old to learn.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Slow and steady wins the race.
All good things must come to an end.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Even a worm will turn.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Good things come in small packages.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Walls have ears.
What goes up must come down.
Tomorrow is another day.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
One hand washes the other.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Put your best foot forward.
Quid pro quo.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
While there is life, there is hope.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Love will find a way.
Hope springs eternal.
A house is not a home.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Might is right.
Another day, another dollar.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
An man's home is his castle.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Give credit where credit is due.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
God helps those who help themselves.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
The best things in life are free.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Pearls of wisdom.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Different strokes for different folks.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Seize the day.
Knowledge is power.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Misery loves company.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Money talks.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Easy come, easy go.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Manners maketh the man.
Keep your chin up.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Horses for courses.
Two heads are better than one.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Forgive and forget.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Count your blessings.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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