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Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Truth will out.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Different strokes for different folks.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
First come, first served.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
You can have too much of a good thing.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Slow but sure.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Tomorrow never comes.
A house is not a home.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Home is where the heart is.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Crime doesn't pay.
All good things come to those that wait.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
No rest for the wicked.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Time is a great healer.
Out of sight, out of mind.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Every stick has two ends.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Don't rock the boat.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Silence construes consent.
All that glitters is not gold.
It ain't over, till it's over.
One good deed deserves another.
Beware the Ides of March.
He who hesitates is lost.
Waste not, want not.
All roads lead to Rome.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
There's one born every minute.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Still waters run deep.
Small things amuse small minds.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Let the buyer beware.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Like father, like son.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Nine tailors make a man.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
It goes without saying.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
The bigger, the better.
Tomorrow is another day.
Faith will move mountains.
A cat has nine lives.
Never tell tales out of school.
You reap what you sow.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Nothing new under the sun.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Good things come to those who wait.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Better late than never.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Stupid is as stupid does.
All the world loves a lover.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Pride comes before a fall.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
All's well that ends well.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Give the Devil his due.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Love is blind.
Better safe than sorry.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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