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Random Proverbs (x 100)
More haste, less speed.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
One swallow does not a summer make.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Money talks.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Silence construes consent.
Practice what you preach.
He who hesitates is lost.
Never tell tales out of school.
Don't change horses in midstream.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Time is a great healer.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
It takes two to tango.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
While there is life, there is hope.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
All things must pass.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Third time lucky.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Get out while the getting is good.
Like father, like son.
Easy come, easy go.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
You can't take it with you.
You are never too old to learn.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Share and share alike.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Haste makes waste.
Christmas comes but once a year.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Slow and steady wins the race.
The Devil is in the details.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
The customer is always right.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Live and let live.
It's the singer not the song.
The bigger, the better.
Home is where the heart is.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Forgive and forget.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Seek and you shall find.
Less said, soon mended.
Live and learn.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Put your best foot forward.
Every picture tells a story.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Patience is a virtue.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
There is honour among thieves.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Shrouds have no pockets.
To every thing there is a season.
You are what you eat.
Every stick has two ends.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Life is what you make it.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Honesty is the best policy.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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