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Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Dead men tell no tales.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Waste not, want not.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Cheats never prosper.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Never tell tales out of school.
Honesty is the best policy.
Everyone has their price.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Love makes the world go round.
East is east, and west is west.
Love is blind.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
There are two sides to every question.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Appearances can be deceptive.
The bigger, the better.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Life begins at forty.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
You can't win them all.
Children should be seen and not heard.
All's fair in love and war.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
You win some, you lose some.
Hide in plain sight.
Good talk saves the food.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
The early bird gets the worm.
Business before pleasure.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Learn to walk before you run.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
All good things come to those that wait.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Time is money.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Different strokes for different folks.
All's well that ends well.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Money makes the world go round.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Accidents will happen.
The more the merrier.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
What goes around comes around.
Money is the root of all evil.
You are what you eat.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
All that glitters is not gold.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Pride comes before a fall.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
A good man is hard to find.
Speak as you find.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
A cat has nine lives.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Manners maketh the man.
Like father, like son.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
All publicity is good publicity.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Better safe than sorry.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
A cat may look at a king.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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