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Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Each to their own.
Life begins at forty.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Half a loaf is better than none.
If you build it, they will come.
Quid pro quo.
Never tell tales out of school.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Good talk saves the food.
Bad news travels fast.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
While there is life, there is hope.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The best things in life are free.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Pearls of wisdom.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Live and learn.
All publicity is good publicity.
Charity begins at home.
Practice makes perfect.
One good deed deserves another.
For everything there is a season.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Still waters run deep.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
All good things come to those that wait.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Better safe than sorry.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
A leopard can't change its spots.
Time is a great healer.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
What goes up must come down.
Like father, like son.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Another day, another dollar.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Seek and you shall find.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
You are never too old to learn.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
All's well that ends well.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Patience is a virtue.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Different strokes for different folks.
Truth will out.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Small things amuse small minds.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Only the good die young.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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