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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Practice makes perfect.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Different strokes for different folks.
An army marches on its stomach.
Misery loves company.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Might is right.
Handsome is as handsome does.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Look before you leap.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Like father, like son.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Hide in plain sight.
Paddle your own canoe.
Virtue is its own reward.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Walls have ears.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Go the extra mile.
Seize the day.
Big fish eat little fish.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
All good things must come to an end.
Another day, another dollar.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
The end justifies the means.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Hope springs eternal.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
First come, first served.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Life is what you make it.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Every stick has two ends.
Revenge is sweet.
A cat has nine lives.
All's well that ends well.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Love will find a way.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Keep your powder dry.
You can't always get what you want.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Two heads are better than one.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Good things come to those who wait.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
You are never too old to learn.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Love makes the world go round.
Manners maketh the man.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
It goes without saying.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Make haste slowly.
Quid pro quo.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
A fish always rots from the head.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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