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Random Proverbs (x 100)
There's a time and a place for everything.
Don't get mad, get even.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Hope springs eternal.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
The customer is always right.
More haste, less speed.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Waste not, want not.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
In the midst of life we are in death.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Fight the good fight.
Pride comes before a fall.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Needs must when the devil drives.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
All roads lead to Rome.
Enough is as good as a feast.
The wages of sin is death.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Always put your best foot forward.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Two heads are better than one.
The Devil is in the details.
Keep your powder dry.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Big fish eat little fish.
Revenge is sweet.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
A watched pot never boils.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Charity begins at home.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Clothes do not make the man.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Never give a sucker an even break.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Good things come in small packages.
Practice makes perfect.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Honesty is the best policy.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Let the dead bury the dead.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Live and let live.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Every dog has its day.
Oil and water don't mix.
Slow and steady wins the race.
It ain't over, till it's over.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Business before pleasure.
Bad money drives out good.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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