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Random Proverbs (x 100)
It never rains but it pours.
Physician, heal thyself.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Better late than never.
Make love not war.
Might is right.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
You can't take it with you.
What goes around comes around.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Everyone has their price.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Fight the good fight.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
A person is known by the company they keep.
A house is not a home.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Look before you leap.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
If the cap fits, wear it.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Only the good die young.
Money is the root of all evil.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
One good deed deserves another.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Patience is a virtue.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Every dog has its day.
Easy come, easy go.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Opposites attract.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
All roads lead to Rome.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
For everything there is a season.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Ignorance is bliss.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Money talks.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Revenge is sweet.
A new broom sweeps clean.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
All things must pass.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
You can have too much of a good thing.
The best things in life are free.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
All that glitters is not gold.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Learn to walk before you run.
Don't change horses in midstream.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Good talk saves the food.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
The wages of sin is death.
A word to the wise is enough.
All the world loves a lover.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Nine tailors make a man.
A leopard can't change its spots.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Less said, soon mended.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
The Devil is in the details.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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