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Random Proverbs (x 100)
All's well that ends well.
Accidents will happen.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
If the cap fits, wear it.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
All the world loves a lover.
Variety is the spice of life.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Honesty is the best policy.
Persuasion is better than force.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
The age of miracles is past.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Oil and water don't mix.
No man can serve two masters.
Make love not war.
Always put your best foot forward.
Time is money.
Let well alone.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Go the extra mile.
It's all grist to the mill.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
You are never too old to learn.
Once a thief, always a thief.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
An army marches on its stomach.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Look before you leap.
All that glitters is not gold.
It takes two to tango.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
No news is good news.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Truth will out.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Easy come, easy go.
There are two sides to every question.
Haste makes waste.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
You can't win them all.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Dead men tell no tales.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
In the midst of life we are in death.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
The best things in life are free.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Talk is cheap.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Seeing is believing.
Quid pro quo.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Nine tailors make a man.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
You can have too much of a good thing.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Paddle your own canoe.
Each to their own.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
The pen is mightier than sword.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
You can't always get what you want.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
The more the merrier.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Time is a great healer.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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