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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Blessed are the peacemakers.
History repeats itself.
Nothing new under the sun.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Money is the root of all evil.
Walls have ears.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Don't throw good money after bad.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
While there is life, there is hope.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Less said, soon mended.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Every stick has two ends.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Marriages are made in heaven.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
A dog is a man's best friend.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Time flies.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Big fish eat little fish.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
All good things must come to an end.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
The age of miracles is past.
Let bygones be bygones.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
All things must pass.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Slow but sure.
Make love not war.
It takes two to tango.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Pearls of wisdom.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
A fish always rots from the head.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
The truth will out.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Great minds think alike.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
You are never too old to learn.
Still waters run deep.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
The best things in life are free.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Knowledge is power.
You win some, you lose some.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
You reap what you sow.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
East is east, and west is west.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Talk is cheap.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Get out while the getting is good.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
No man is an island.
Better safe than sorry.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Never tell tales out of school.
Revenge is sweet.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
You can't win them all.
Forewarned is forearmed.
A thing begun is half done.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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