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Random Proverbs (x 100)
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Different strokes for different folks.
Make haste slowly.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Love makes the world go round.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Many hands make light work.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Better late than never.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Give the Devil his due.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The early bird gets the worm.
All the world loves a lover.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Time is a great healer.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
There's no time like the present.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Attack is the best form of defence.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Like father, like son.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
You win some, you lose some.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Good things come to those who wait.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
What goes around comes around.
Keep your powder dry.
Nine tailors make a man.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Persuasion is better than force.
Misery loves company.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Youth is wasted on the young.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Home is where the heart is.
Enough is enough.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Money makes the world go round.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
While there is life, there is hope.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
The bigger, the better.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Great minds think alike.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
History repeats itself.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
All publicity is good publicity.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Nothing succeeds like success.
You are never too old to learn.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
There's no place like home.
Any port in a storm.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
The end justifies the means.
There are two sides to every question.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Love will find a way.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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