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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Less said, soon mended.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
There's one born every minute.
Knowledge is power.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
More haste, less speed.
Ignorance is bliss.
Great minds think alike.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Beware the Ides of March.
The best is the enemy of the good.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Fight fire with fire.
Truth will out.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Like father, like son.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Wonders will never cease.
Hide in plain sight.
Business before pleasure.
The Devil looks after his own.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Money makes the world go round.
Keep your chin up.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Charity begins at home.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Every dog has its day.
The age of miracles is past.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
There is honour among thieves.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
If you can't be good, be careful.
There's no smoke without fire.
You can't take it with you.
A stitch in time saves nine.
The truth will out.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Tomorrow is another day.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Good things come in small packages.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Physician, heal thyself.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Persuasion is better than force.
Opposites attract.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
A thing begun is half done.
Moderation in all things.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Nothing new under the sun.
Keep your powder dry.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
It's better to give than to receive.
East is east, and west is west.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Go the extra mile.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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