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Random Proverbs (x 100)
While there is life, there is hope.
All's fair in love and war.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Keep your powder dry.
Attack is the best form of defence.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Better late than never.
The show must go on.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Never tell tales out of school.
It's all grist to the mill.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Less is more.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Truth will out.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Any port in a storm.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Needs must when the devil drives.
The exception which proves the rule.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
A miss is as good as a mile.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Practice what you preach.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Talk is cheap.
Bad news travels fast.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Money talks.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Might is right.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
The pen is mightier than sword.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Good talk saves the food.
Easy come, easy go.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
A thing begun is half done.
Let bygones be bygones.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Fight the good fight.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Don't get mad, get even.
First things first.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Another day, another dollar.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
A bad penny always turns up.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
An army marches on its stomach.
There's a time and a place for everything.
The Devil looks after his own.
You reap what you sow.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Oil and water don't mix.
Hope springs eternal.
There's safety in numbers.
Good things come in small packages.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Charity begins at home.
Honesty is the best policy.
The age of miracles is past.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Time is a great healer.
A cat may look at a king.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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