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Opposites attract.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
It's never too late to mend.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
It's better to give than to receive.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Once bitten, twice shy.
To the victor go the spoils.
A good man is hard to find.
There's an exception to every rule.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Always put your best foot forward.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Seek and you shall find.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
What goes around comes around.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
It's the singer not the song.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
God helps those who help themselves.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Let the buyer beware.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Even a worm will turn.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Pearls of wisdom.
Persuasion is better than force.
The Devil looks after his own.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Life begins at forty.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
A fish always rots from the head.
Look before you leap.
Seize the day.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
The best things in life are free.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
What goes up must come down.
Time is a great healer.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Revenge is sweet.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
You win some, you lose some.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Honesty is the best policy.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Faith will move mountains.
Less said, soon mended.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
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.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Make hay while the sun shines.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Life is what you make it.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Like father, like son.
Pride comes before a fall.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Less is more.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Love makes the world go round.
For everything there is a season.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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