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All roads lead to Rome.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Stupid is as stupid does.
East, west, home's best.
Opposites attract.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
What goes around comes around.
Nothing new under the sun.
One hand washes the other.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Time and tide wait for no one.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Revenge is sweet.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Time will tell.
Physician, heal thyself.
A house is not a home.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Strike while the iron is hot.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Charity begins at home.
Less said, soon mended.
Paddle your own canoe.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
A word to the wise is enough.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
All the world loves a lover.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
If you can't be good, be careful.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Practice what you preach.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Tomorrow never comes.
The Devil is in the details.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Cold hands, warm heart.
A bad penny always turns up.
Fortune favours the brave.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Faith will move mountains.
Every stick has two ends.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Money isn't everything.
Quid pro quo.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Easy come, easy go.
The Devil looks after his own.
An army marches on its stomach.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Youth is wasted on the young.
The truth will out.
Different strokes for different folks.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
A thing begun is half done.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Silence construes consent.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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