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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Keep your powder dry.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
You are never too old to learn.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
You can't win them all.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Time is money.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Love is blind.
Virtue is its own reward.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Haste makes waste.
Enough is enough.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Physician, heal thyself.
Time will tell.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
No man is an island.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Even a worm will turn.
Make hay while the sun shines.
You can't make bricks without straw.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
There's one born every minute.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Less said, soon mended.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Keep your chin up.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
A golden key can open any door.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Make love not war.
Crime doesn't pay.
All's fair in love and war.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
All the world loves a lover.
You can have too much of a good thing.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Children should be seen and not heard.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
No man can serve two masters.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
An man's home is his castle.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Share and share alike.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Learn to walk before you run.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
You can't take it with you.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Truth will out.
All that glitters is not gold.
For everything there is a season.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
All you need is love.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Little pitchers have big ears.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Better safe than sorry.
East is east, and west is west.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Might is right.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Seize the day.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
There's no smoke without fire.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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