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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Tomorrow never comes.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Little pitchers have big ears.
The exception which proves the rule.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Ignorance is bliss.
Time and tide wait for no one.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
A cat may look at a king.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Truth will out.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Charity begins at home.
You reap what you sow.
Silence is golden.
Better safe than sorry.
While there is life, there is hope.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Don't rock the boat.
It takes two to tango.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Speak as you find.
All the world loves a lover.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
There's safety in numbers.
Get out while the getting is good.
Everyone has their price.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Out of sight, out of mind.
The best defence is a good offence.
History repeats itself.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Pearls of wisdom.
Like father, like son.
Laughter is the best medicine.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
The end justifies the means.
Never tell tales out of school.
Physician, heal thyself.
Look before you leap.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Every picture tells a story.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Honesty is the best policy.
Money isn't everything.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Pride comes before a fall.
Practice makes perfect.
The Devil is in the details.
Clothes do not make the man.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Virtue is its own reward.
Don't change horses in midstream.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Love will find a way.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
East, west, home's best.
Patience is a virtue.
The customer is always right.
A golden key can open any door.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Many hands make light work.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Live and let live.
You can't take it with you.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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