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To err is human; to forgive divine.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
While there is life, there is hope.
Money is the root of all evil.
Good fences make good neighbours.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Ignorance is bliss.
Put your best foot forward.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
History repeats itself.
Dead men tell no tales.
Good talk saves the food.
Talk is cheap.
You can't take it with you.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Every picture tells a story.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Look before you leap.
No pain, no gain.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Half a loaf is better than none.
An man's home is his castle.
Fight fire with fire.
You reap what you sow.
Seize the day.
Truth will out.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Two heads are better than one.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Time will tell.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Money isn't everything.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Horses for courses.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
First come, first served.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
It's all grist to the mill.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Money talks.
The age of miracles is past.
Silence is golden.
There's one born every minute.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
It takes two to tango.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Less is more.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
God helps those who help themselves.
What can't be cured must be endured.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Blood is thicker than water.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Better safe than sorry.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
It takes one to know one.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Children should be seen and not heard.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Out of sight, out of mind.
It's the singer not the song.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Clothes do not make the man.
The end justifies the means.
The best-laid plans go astray.
To every thing there is a season.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Everyone has their price.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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