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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
A stitch in time saves nine.
The leopard does not change his spots.
No man is an island.
It's all grist to the mill.
Fight fire with fire.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Everyone has their price.
No rest for the wicked.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Get out while the getting is good.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Beware the Ides of March.
Make haste slowly.
Even a worm will turn.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Count your blessings.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Business before pleasure.
Money talks.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
All things must pass.
Better safe than sorry.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Misery loves company.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Let bygones be bygones.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Charity begins at home.
Great minds think alike.
Little pitchers have big ears.
History repeats itself.
Opposites attract.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
You reap what you sow.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Each to their own.
Learn to walk before you run.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Many hands make light work.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Love makes the world go round.
A cat has nine lives.
You are what you eat.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Money makes the world go round.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
The customer is always right.
No man can serve two masters.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Hide in plain sight.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Pride comes before a fall.
A golden key can open any door.
A thing begun is half done.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Variety is the spice of life.
Once a thief, always a thief.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
All's fair in love and war.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
One hand washes the other.
The best things in life are free.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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