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It's never too late to mend.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Accidents will happen.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Silence is golden.
It never rains but it pours.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Keep your chin up.
Third time lucky.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Money makes the world go round.
The wages of sin is death.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
You are what you eat.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
The exception which proves the rule.
There's no smoke without fire.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Good talk saves the food.
Haste makes waste.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Hide in plain sight.
All that glitters is not gold.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
A watched pot never boils.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Speak as you find.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
The end justifies the means.
Nothing new under the sun.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
One swallow does not a summer make.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Patience is a virtue.
Don't throw good money after bad.
The age of miracles is past.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
To every thing there is a season.
God helps those who help themselves.
Everyone has their price.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
First come, first served.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
History repeats itself.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Once bitten, twice shy.
All good things come to those that wait.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Life begins at forty.
Half a loaf is better than none.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Nine tailors make a man.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Moderation in all things.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
A person is known by the company they keep.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Let bygones be bygones.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Do as I say, not as I do.
A golden key can open any door.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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