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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Paddle your own canoe.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Life begins at forty.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
There's no smoke without fire.
Accidents will happen.
The end justifies the means.
Don't shoot the messenger.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Bad money drives out good.
Virtue is its own reward.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
The best defence is a good offence.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Patience is a virtue.
Keep your chin up.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
You can't make bricks without straw.
All good things must come to an end.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Time is a great healer.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Knowledge is power.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Physician, heal thyself.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Crime doesn't pay.
What goes around comes around.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Actions speak louder than words.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
No news is good news.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
One good deed deserves another.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
There is honour among thieves.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Hide in plain sight.
Once a thief, always a thief.
An man's home is his castle.
It goes without saying.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
To every thing there is a season.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Silence construes consent.
Beauty is only skin deep.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Count your blessings.
If the cap fits, wear it.
The best things in life are free.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
The more the merrier.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Cheats never prosper.
Opposites attract.
Don't get mad, get even.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Every picture tells a story.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
A house is not a home.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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