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Random Proverbs (x 100)
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Keep your chin up.
Enough is enough.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Seize the day.
One hand washes the other.
Clothes do not make the man.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Every stick has two ends.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Truth will out.
Tomorrow is another day.
The end justifies the means.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Nine tailors make a man.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Seek and you shall find.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Horses for courses.
Walls have ears.
Get out while the getting is good.
Quid pro quo.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Crime doesn't pay.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Don't shoot the messenger.
It's all grist to the mill.
The Devil is in the details.
Every dog has its day.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Home is where the heart is.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Each to their own.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Practice makes perfect.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Let the buyer beware.
Nothing new under the sun.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Waste not, want not.
You are what you eat.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
The best things in life are free.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
No man can serve two masters.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Never tell tales out of school.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Oil and water don't mix.
It never rains but it pours.
First things first.
Half a loaf is better than none.
If the cap fits, wear it.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Cheats never prosper.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Better late than never.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
The truth will out.
Physician, heal thyself.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Only fools and horses work.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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