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The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Beauty is only skin deep.
It goes without saying.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Bad news travels fast.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
It never rains but it pours.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Easy come, easy go.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
You are what you eat.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Fight the good fight.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Keep your powder dry.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
What goes around comes around.
Let well alone.
Might is right.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Live and learn.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
The wages of sin is death.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Every stick has two ends.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
First things first.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Crime doesn't pay.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Go the extra mile.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Patience is a virtue.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Still waters run deep.
East is east, and west is west.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Truth will out.
Time is a great healer.
All the world loves a lover.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Horses for courses.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
No man is an island.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Seize the day.
Cheats never prosper.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Share and share alike.
Practice what you preach.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Hide in plain sight.
Never tell tales out of school.
The leopard does not change his spots.
You reap what you sow.
Ignorance is bliss.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Time is money.
Another day, another dollar.
Charity begins at home.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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