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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Less is more.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Once bitten, twice shy.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Money isn't everything.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Faith will move mountains.
There's no place like home.
Ignorance is bliss.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Each to their own.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Waste not, want not.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
You are never too old to learn.
Money talks.
You can't win them all.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Any port in a storm.
Good things come in small packages.
It's best to be on the safe side.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Everyone has their price.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
No man can serve two masters.
Make love not war.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Get out while the getting is good.
Fortune favours the brave.
There is honour among thieves.
Clothes do not make the man.
Might is right.
Christmas comes but once a year.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Paddle your own canoe.
Bad money drives out good.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Good talk saves the food.
You can have too much of a good thing.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
All the world loves a lover.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
You reap what you sow.
Make haste slowly.
Good things come to those who wait.
Actions speak louder than words.
A man is known by his friends.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
All's fair in love and war.
Love will find a way.
Birds of a feather flock together.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Once a thief, always a thief.
There's an exception to every rule.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Live and learn.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Less said, soon mended.
A thing begun is half done.
A good man is hard to find.
For everything there is a season.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
You are what you eat.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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