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Small things amuse small minds.
Once a thief, always a thief.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Make love not war.
Children should be seen and not heard.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Oil and water don't mix.
For everything there is a season.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
When one door shuts, another opens.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Still waters run deep.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
All's well that ends well.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
A watched pot never boils.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
All's fair in love and war.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Honesty is the best policy.
Everyone has their price.
Love makes the world go round.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Truth will out.
Let the buyer beware.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Pearls of wisdom.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Seize the day.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
First things first.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Slow but sure.
Get out while the getting is good.
One swallow does not a summer make.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Practice makes perfect.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Virtue is its own reward.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
It's better to give than to receive.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
East, west, home's best.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
History repeats itself.
There's safety in numbers.
A fish always rots from the head.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Good things come to those who wait.
Bad news travels fast.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Less said, soon mended.
Silence construes consent.
Learn to walk before you run.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
A poor worker blames the tools.
A leopard can't change its spots.
All good things must come to an end.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
The more the merrier.
There is no accounting for tastes.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Variety is the spice of life.
You can't win them all.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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