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The longest journey starts with a single step.
Shrouds have no pockets.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Cheats never prosper.
Talk is cheap.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
The early bird gets the worm.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
What goes up must come down.
Once a thief, always a thief.
You win some, you lose some.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Time will tell.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Honesty is the best policy.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Count your blessings.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
One swallow does not a summer make.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Nothing new under the sun.
To every thing there is a season.
What goes around comes around.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Money isn't everything.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
All good things come to those that wait.
Man does not live by bread alone.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Walls have ears.
Hide in plain sight.
It's better to give than to receive.
Even a worm will turn.
Less said, soon mended.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Hope springs eternal.
Money talks.
An man's home is his castle.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
No man is an island.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Accidents will happen.
Clothes do not make the man.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Still waters run deep.
A word to the wise is enough.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Give the Devil his due.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Small things amuse small minds.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Let the buyer beware.
A golden key can open any door.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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