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Let bygones be bygones.
Two heads are better than one.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Pearls of wisdom.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Make love not war.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Many hands make light work.
Money isn't everything.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Waste not, want not.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Tomorrow is another day.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Nothing succeeds like success.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Always put your best foot forward.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Ignorance is bliss.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Charity begins at home.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
To every thing there is a season.
Time is a great healer.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Fight the good fight.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Make hay while the sun shines.
It goes without saying.
Hide in plain sight.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Live and let live.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Seeing is believing.
All that glitters is not gold.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Like father, like son.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
The Devil is in the details.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
A thing begun is half done.
Oil and water don't mix.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Laughter is the best medicine.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Never go to bed on an argument.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
The show must go on.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
You are never too old to learn.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Better safe than sorry.
Live and learn.
No pain, no gain.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Only fools and horses work.
History repeats itself.
Blood is thicker than water.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Cheats never prosper.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Pride comes before a fall.
While there is life, there is hope.
No man is an island.
Give the Devil his due.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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