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Random Proverbs (x 100)
No man can serve two masters.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Keep your chin up.
A thing begun is half done.
Nothing new under the sun.
Nine tailors make a man.
Ignorance is bliss.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
The early bird gets the worm.
Shrouds have no pockets.
No news is good news.
You are what you eat.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Silence construes consent.
Third time lucky.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Each to their own.
A stitch in time saves nine.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Get out while the getting is good.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Money makes the world go round.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Still waters run deep.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Give credit where credit is due.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Small things amuse small minds.
To the victor go the spoils.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
There's no time like the present.
Don't rock the boat.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Variety is the spice of life.
Great minds think alike.
All things must pass.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Never speak ill of the dead.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Accidents will happen.
Forgive and forget.
All good things come to those that wait.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Time is a great healer.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Tomorrow never comes.
All good things must come to an end.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
It's never too late to mend.
Better late than never.
Haste makes waste.
You reap what you sow.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
You are never too old to learn.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Make haste slowly.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Patience is a virtue.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Moderation in all things.
A leopard can't change its spots.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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