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You can't win them all.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
No news is good news.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Keep your powder dry.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Grief divided is made lighter.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Good talk saves the food.
All good things must come to an end.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Different strokes for different folks.
Good things come in small packages.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
All good things come to those that wait.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
There's a time and a place for everything.
All you need is love.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
You are never too old to learn.
All the world loves a lover.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Tomorrow is another day.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
If you build it, they will come.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
History repeats itself.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Hide in plain sight.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Children and fools tell the truth.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Enough is enough.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Marriages are made in heaven.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
All publicity is good publicity.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
The more the merrier.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Laughter is the best medicine.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Fortune favours the brave.
Easy come, easy go.
No pain, no gain.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Money is the root of all evil.
All's fair in love and war.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Enough is as good as a feast.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
There's no place like home.
God helps those who help themselves.
East is east, and west is west.
Actions speak louder than words.
Out of sight, out of mind.
The wages of sin is death.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Haste makes waste.
Life begins at forty.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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