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Any port in a storm.
Talk is cheap.
Life begins at forty.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Practice what you preach.
All good things come to those that wait.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
If you build it, they will come.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Crime doesn't pay.
Man does not live by bread alone.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
The exception which proves the rule.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Seek and you shall find.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
All's fair in love and war.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
The customer is always right.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Two heads are better than one.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
There's one born every minute.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Marriages are made in heaven.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Dead men tell no tales.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Practice makes perfect.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Manners maketh the man.
You can't make bricks without straw.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
First come, first served.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Pearls of wisdom.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
One swallow does not a summer make.
A watched pot never boils.
Life is what you make it.
The more the merrier.
Small things amuse small minds.
Stupid is as stupid does.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Ignorance is bliss.
A word to the wise is enough.
You win some, you lose some.
Once a thief, always a thief.
No news is good news.
Speak as you find.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Never go to bed on an argument.
It's all grist to the mill.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
An man's home is his castle.
Half a loaf is better than none.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
All good things must come to an end.
East, west, home's best.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
To the victor go the spoils.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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