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Random Proverbs (x 100)
The longest journey starts with a single step.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
It's better to give than to receive.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Seeing is believing.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Bad money drives out good.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Nothing new under the sun.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Less said, soon mended.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Love will find a way.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
There's no time like the present.
All's fair in love and war.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
A golden key can open any door.
Silence is golden.
All things must pass.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Time is a great healer.
Love makes the world go round.
Money isn't everything.
Let the dead bury the dead.
What goes around comes around.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
There's no fool like an old fool.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Pride comes before a fall.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Share and share alike.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
You are never too old to learn.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Patience is a virtue.
A watched pot never boils.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Appearances can be deceptive.
First things first.
Opposites attract.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Nothing succeeds like success.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Variety is the spice of life.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Never go to bed on an argument.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Speak as you find.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
The wages of sin is death.
Haste makes waste.
One good deed deserves another.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
The show must go on.
Hope springs eternal.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Another day, another dollar.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Money is the root of all evil.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Misery loves company.
A man is known by his friends.
Business before pleasure.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Each to their own.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Virtue is its own reward.
An man's home is his castle.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Pearls of wisdom.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Grief divided is made lighter.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Let bygones be bygones.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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