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A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Laughter is the best medicine.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Cheats never prosper.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Honesty is the best policy.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
All things must pass.
To every thing there is a season.
The wages of sin is death.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Life begins at forty.
Get out while the getting is good.
Marriages are made in heaven.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
East is east, and west is west.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Live and let live.
What goes up must come down.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
You can't win them all.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Even a worm will turn.
Forgive and forget.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
All good things must come to an end.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
All roads lead to Rome.
Haste makes waste.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Money makes the world go round.
Love will find a way.
A poor worker blames the tools.
It's all grist to the mill.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Money isn't everything.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
A watched pot never boils.
First come, first served.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
There's no place like home.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Fortune favours the brave.
Home is where the heart is.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Better late than never.
All good things come to those that wait.
It's better to give than to receive.
Seeing is believing.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Time is a great healer.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Physician, heal thyself.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
An army marches on its stomach.
A picture paints a thousand words.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Beauty is only skin deep.
No news is good news.
The best defence is a good offence.
Every stick has two ends.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
A good man is hard to find.
No man is an island.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
There's safety in numbers.
Faith will move mountains.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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