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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
One good deed deserves another.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Never speak ill of the dead.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Man does not live by bread alone.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Misery loves company.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Nothing new under the sun.
Patience is a virtue.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
All you need is love.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
The more the merrier.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Oil and water don't mix.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Paddle your own canoe.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Waste not, want not.
It takes two to tango.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Only fools and horses work.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Time will tell.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Charity begins at home.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Nine tailors make a man.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Beauty is only skin deep.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Practice what you preach.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
There is honour among thieves.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Honesty is the best policy.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Hide in plain sight.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Actions speak louder than words.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Every stick has two ends.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Shrouds have no pockets.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Fight the good fight.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
There's one born every minute.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Silence construes consent.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
The exception which proves the rule.
A word to the wise is enough.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Seeing is believing.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Keep your powder dry.
It's never too late to mend.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Crime doesn't pay.
An army marches on its stomach.
The best defence is a good offence.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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