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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Talk is cheap.
Forgive and forget.
It takes one to know one.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
No news is good news.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Crime doesn't pay.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Everyone has their price.
A cat may look at a king.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Less is more.
Give credit where credit is due.
All's fair in love and war.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Make hay while the sun shines.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Time flies.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Don't change horses in midstream.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Tomorrow never comes.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
No man is an island.
Nothing succeeds like success.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Pride comes before a fall.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Honesty is the best policy.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Seek and you shall find.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Horses for courses.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Wonders will never cease.
All roads lead to Rome.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Home is where the heart is.
Beggars can't be choosers.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Share and share alike.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Any port in a storm.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Fight the good fight.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Only fools and horses work.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Stupid is as stupid does.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
The Devil is in the details.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Good talk saves the food.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
It goes without saying.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
It never rains but it pours.
Out of sight, out of mind.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Bad money drives out good.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Cheats never prosper.
Practice makes perfect.
Get out while the getting is good.
Money isn't everything.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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