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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Less said, soon mended.
All you need is love.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
There's no place like home.
Hope springs eternal.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
The bigger, the better.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Pearls of wisdom.
Bad money drives out good.
Paddle your own canoe.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
All good things come to those that wait.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The early bird gets the worm.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Love will find a way.
Look before you leap.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Good things come in small packages.
There is honour among thieves.
Let bygones be bygones.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
There's safety in numbers.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
No man can serve two masters.
Still waters run deep.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Slow and steady wins the race.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Stupid is as stupid does.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Crime doesn't pay.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
A good man is hard to find.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
For everything there is a season.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Go the extra mile.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Better safe than sorry.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
East is east, and west is west.
Do as I say, not as I do.
In the midst of life we are in death.
It's never too late to mend.
When one door shuts, another opens.
There's a time and a place for everything.
You are what you eat.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Live and learn.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Different strokes for different folks.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Honesty is the best policy.
The customer is always right.
Appearances can be deceptive.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Make hay while the sun shines.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Oil and water don't mix.
Nothing new under the sun.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Time is money.
You can't take it with you.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Actions speak louder than words.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
What goes around comes around.
Silence construes consent.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
A man is known by his friends.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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