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Random Proverbs (x 100)
All publicity is good publicity.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Keep your powder dry.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
What goes up must come down.
Stupid is as stupid does.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
A house is not a home.
You win some, you lose some.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
The bigger, the better.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
He who hesitates is lost.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
All that glitters is not gold.
There's safety in numbers.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
If the cap fits, wear it.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Each to their own.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
One good deed deserves another.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Share and share alike.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
An army marches on its stomach.
Another day, another dollar.
Give credit where credit is due.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Fight fire with fire.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
It takes one to know one.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Slow and steady wins the race.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
The truth will out.
There's no time like the present.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Knowledge is power.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
It's all grist to the mill.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
It's the singer not the song.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Might is right.
A watched pot never boils.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
A fish always rots from the head.
Even a worm will turn.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Patience is a virtue.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Easy come, easy go.
Charity begins at home.
Always put your best foot forward.
You are what you eat.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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