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Faint heart never won fair lady.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
A thing begun is half done.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Marriages are made in heaven.
There's safety in numbers.
The bigger, the better.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Life is what you make it.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Fortune favours the brave.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Third time lucky.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Easy come, easy go.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Possession is nine points of the law.
First things first.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Time flies.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Money is the root of all evil.
It takes one to know one.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Christmas comes but once a year.
You can't always get what you want.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Make love not war.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
All things must pass.
Another day, another dollar.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Speak as you find.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Fight the good fight.
Crime doesn't pay.
Still waters run deep.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Small things amuse small minds.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Time will tell.
Children and fools tell the truth.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Always put your best foot forward.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Pearls of wisdom.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Waste not, want not.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Get out while the getting is good.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
All's fair in love and war.
Accidents will happen.
Seeing is believing.
Keep your powder dry.
Knowledge is power.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Clothes do not make the man.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Good things come in small packages.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Cheats never prosper.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Walls have ears.
Might is right.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Dead men tell no tales.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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