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There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Forgive and forget.
Quid pro quo.
If you build it, they will come.
Home is where the heart is.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Dead men tell no tales.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Two heads are better than one.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
East, west, home's best.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
All publicity is good publicity.
Might is right.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
It never rains but it pours.
Give credit where credit is due.
Less is more.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Each to their own.
There's no time like the present.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
There are two sides to every question.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
All that glitters is not gold.
Great minds think alike.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Talk is cheap.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Patience is a virtue.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Physician, heal thyself.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Revenge is sweet.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
A house is not a home.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Put your best foot forward.
All's fair in love and war.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Easy come, easy go.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Third time lucky.
You can't always get what you want.
Variety is the spice of life.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Slow but sure.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
An man's home is his castle.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Keep your powder dry.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
For everything there is a season.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Life begins at forty.
Honesty is the best policy.
Good fences make good neighbours.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All roads lead to Rome.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
A thing begun is half done.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
There's no place like home.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Knowledge is power.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Wonders will never cease.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Another day, another dollar.
Time will tell.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Tomorrow is another day.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
While there is life, there is hope.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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