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Waste not, want not.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Silence construes consent.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Beware the Ides of March.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
The early bird gets the worm.
An army marches on its stomach.
First things first.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
It takes one to know one.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
It ain't over, till it's over.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Make love not war.
It's the singer not the song.
Only the good die young.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Nine tailors make a man.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
One hand washes the other.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
The best defence is a good offence.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
All things must pass.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Seize the day.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
All good things come to those that wait.
Persuasion is better than force.
Forgive and forget.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Get out while the getting is good.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Tomorrow never comes.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
No pain, no gain.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
A watched pot never boils.
Possession is nine points of the law.
If you build it, they will come.
No man is an island.
Money isn't everything.
Another day, another dollar.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Everyone has their price.
Charity begins at home.
The bigger, the better.
Actions speak louder than words.
Don't get mad, get even.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
You are what you eat.
Cheats never prosper.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Beauty is only skin deep.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Quid pro quo.
Time flies.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
There's safety in numbers.
All good things must come to an end.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Pearls of wisdom.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
All roads lead to Rome.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Knowledge is power.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Don't shoot the messenger.
The age of miracles is past.
Any port in a storm.
Once bitten, twice shy.
A house is not a home.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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