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Marriages are made in heaven.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
No pain, no gain.
Better late than never.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Seize the day.
A thing begun is half done.
Everyone has their price.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Live and let live.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
An army marches on its stomach.
Practice what you preach.
Look before you leap.
Every dog has its day.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Time is a great healer.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
The best is the enemy of the good.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Beggars can't be choosers.
It goes without saying.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Always put your best foot forward.
The more the merrier.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Another day, another dollar.
Birds of a feather flock together.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Business before pleasure.
What goes around comes around.
First come, first served.
Make love not war.
A word to the wise is enough.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Every stick has two ends.
Speak as you find.
Put your best foot forward.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Don't rock the boat.
Tomorrow never comes.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Money isn't everything.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Every picture tells a story.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Big fish eat little fish.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Less is more.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Life is what you make it.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Knowledge is power.
Practice makes perfect.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Slow but sure.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
You are never too old to learn.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Paddle your own canoe.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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