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Know which side your bread is buttered.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Variety is the spice of life.
Each to their own.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Many hands make light work.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
All you need is love.
The show must go on.
The end justifies the means.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
There's safety in numbers.
There's a time and a place for everything.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
It's the singer not the song.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
The bigger, the better.
To every thing there is a season.
For everything there is a season.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
It's all grist to the mill.
A thing begun is half done.
Ignorance is bliss.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
The best is the enemy of the good.
One hand washes the other.
Good things come in small packages.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Stupid is as stupid does.
The wages of sin is death.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
What goes around comes around.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
The age of miracles is past.
Little pitchers have big ears.
It's never too late to mend.
You reap what you sow.
There's no fool like an old fool.
You win some, you lose some.
Honesty is the best policy.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
The customer is always right.
Possession is nine points of the law.
An army marches on its stomach.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Don't shoot the messenger.
The best things in life are free.
Give the Devil his due.
First come, first served.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Get out while the getting is good.
Count your blessings.
Wonders will never cease.
Grief divided is made lighter.
All publicity is good publicity.
Marriages are made in heaven.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
There's an exception to every rule.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Horses for courses.
Time is a great healer.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Waste not, want not.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Make love not war.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Seek and you shall find.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Make haste slowly.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
To the victor go the spoils.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Love is blind.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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