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Practice makes perfect.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Enough is enough.
A cat has nine lives.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
One hand washes the other.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
All things must pass.
Virtue is its own reward.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Faith will move mountains.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Truth is stranger than fiction.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
There are two sides to every question.
Fight the good fight.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Money makes the world go round.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
There's safety in numbers.
There's no fool like an old fool.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Time is a great healer.
Love is blind.
Little pitchers have big ears.
All roads lead to Rome.
Let the dead bury the dead.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
East is east, and west is west.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Might is right.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Even a worm will turn.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Walls have ears.
Only the good die young.
Money isn't everything.
Time flies.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Tomorrow never comes.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
A fish always rots from the head.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Third time lucky.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Never tell tales out of school.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Moderation in all things.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
It takes two to tango.
Look before you leap.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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