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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Tomorrow is another day.
Love will find a way.
Laughter is the best medicine.
A stitch in time saves nine.
There's no smoke without fire.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Hope springs eternal.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
A house is not a home.
Small things amuse small minds.
Forgive and forget.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
First impressions are the most lasting.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Never give a sucker an even break.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
It takes two to tango.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Good talk saves the food.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
It's best to be on the safe side.
There's one born every minute.
A bad penny always turns up.
If you build it, they will come.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Only the good die young.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Another day, another dollar.
The age of miracles is past.
For everything there is a season.
Ignorance is bliss.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
It never rains but it pours.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Haste makes waste.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Give credit where credit is due.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
It's all grist to the mill.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Let the buyer beware.
Blood is thicker than water.
Don't shoot the messenger.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Count your blessings.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Learn to walk before you run.
Physician, heal thyself.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Different strokes for different folks.
The customer is always right.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
It's never too late to mend.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Life is what you make it.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Third time lucky.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
First come, first served.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
The Devil is in the details.
All roads lead to Rome.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
No pain, no gain.
Keep your chin up.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
The Devil looks after his own.
Clothes do not make the man.
Life begins at forty.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
There's an exception to every rule.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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