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Live and let live.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Opposites attract.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Home is where the heart is.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
A stitch in time saves nine.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
You win some, you lose some.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Variety is the spice of life.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Talk is cheap.
Attack is the best form of defence.
A house is not a home.
Great minds think alike.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Birds of a feather flock together.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Like father, like son.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Any port in a storm.
Silence is golden.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Time is a great healer.
Let well alone.
One good deed deserves another.
Once a thief, always a thief.
All publicity is good publicity.
Revenge is sweet.
Good fences make good neighbours.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Speak as you find.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Love makes the world go round.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Good things come to those who wait.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Every picture tells a story.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
It goes without saying.
If the cap fits, wear it.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Keep your chin up.
The show must go on.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
The truth will out.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Cheats never prosper.
A cat may look at a king.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Crime doesn't pay.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Don't meet troubles half-way.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Pride comes before a fall.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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