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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Seeing is believing.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Beware the Ides of March.
You are what you eat.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Practice what you preach.
A bad penny always turns up.
Practice makes perfect.
All roads lead to Rome.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Silence is golden.
Like father, like son.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Nothing new under the sun.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Seek and you shall find.
If you can't be good, be careful.
First impressions are the most lasting.
All good things come to those that wait.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Good talk saves the food.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Live and learn.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Virtue is its own reward.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
You can't win them all.
There's an exception to every rule.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Third time lucky.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Everyone has their price.
Paddle your own canoe.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
There's no place like home.
Ignorance is bliss.
Tomorrow never comes.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
God helps those who help themselves.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Hope springs eternal.
Faith will move mountains.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Life is what you make it.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
First things first.
Let the dead bury the dead.
If the cap fits, wear it.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Speak as you find.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
A poor worker blames the tools.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
East, west, home's best.
Big fish eat little fish.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
The bigger, the better.
All the world loves a lover.
A miss is as good as a mile.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
The end justifies the means.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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