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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Money makes the world go round.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Little pitchers have big ears.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Walls have ears.
Learn to walk before you run.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
A word to the wise is enough.
Patience is a virtue.
Third time lucky.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Let the buyer beware.
Seeing is believing.
Manners maketh the man.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Haste makes waste.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Quid pro quo.
Grief divided is made lighter.
A fish always rots from the head.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Time is a great healer.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Only fools and horses work.
Bad news travels fast.
Like father, like son.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
There's an exception to every rule.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
The more the merrier.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
God helps those who help themselves.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
It goes without saying.
Virtue is its own reward.
The best things in life are free.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
All good things come to those that wait.
There are two sides to every question.
You can't take it with you.
All publicity is good publicity.
A leopard can't change its spots.
A man is known by his friends.
It's the singer not the song.
More haste, less speed.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Might is right.
Time will tell.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
No pain, no gain.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
The show must go on.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Children should be seen and not heard.
History repeats itself.
Small things amuse small minds.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Easy come, easy go.
Less said, soon mended.
While there is life, there is hope.
Dead men tell no tales.
Physician, heal thyself.
A miss is as good as a mile.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
The wages of sin is death.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
A thing begun is half done.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Moderation in all things.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Live and learn.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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