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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Haste makes waste.
Life is what you make it.
The exception which proves the rule.
Beware the Ides of March.
Truth will out.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Let well alone.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Keep your powder dry.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
A word to the wise is enough.
Better safe than sorry.
Give credit where credit is due.
A good man is hard to find.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
There's no smoke without fire.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Patience is a virtue.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
It never rains but it pours.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Pride comes before a fall.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Love makes the world go round.
It's the singer not the song.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
First come, first served.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Each to their own.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Time flies.
Better late than never.
Never give a sucker an even break.
There's one born every minute.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
All the world loves a lover.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Virtue is its own reward.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
There's no place like home.
Forgive and forget.
Physician, heal thyself.
Enough is as good as a feast.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Time will tell.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Waste not, want not.
A bad penny always turns up.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Moderation in all things.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
One good deed deserves another.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
It's never too late to mend.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
To the victor go the spoils.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Money is the root of all evil.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Silence construes consent.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
It takes one to know one.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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