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Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Everyone has their price.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Ignorance is bliss.
Time is money.
Seeing is believing.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
All roads lead to Rome.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Paddle your own canoe.
Good things come to those who wait.
No man can serve two masters.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Never go to bed on an argument.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Moderation in all things.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
It takes one to know one.
Manners maketh the man.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Cheats never prosper.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Fight fire with fire.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
A golden key can open any door.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
A bad penny always turns up.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Silence construes consent.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Give credit where credit is due.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
No pain, no gain.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Time flies.
Speak as you find.
Children and fools tell the truth.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Only the good die young.
Quid pro quo.
It's the singer not the song.
Seize the day.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Make haste slowly.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Slow but sure.
A cat may look at a king.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Strike while the iron is hot.
It goes without saying.
Practice makes perfect.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Clothes do not make the man.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Misery loves company.
Once a thief, always a thief.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Enough is as good as a feast.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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