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Random Proverbs (x 100)
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Hide in plain sight.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Faith will move mountains.
Quid pro quo.
Tomorrow is another day.
No news is good news.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Give credit where credit is due.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Manners maketh the man.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
The exception which proves the rule.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
East, west, home's best.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Bad money drives out good.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Give the Devil his due.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Paddle your own canoe.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Seeing is believing.
Less is more.
Any port in a storm.
You win some, you lose some.
There's one born every minute.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Always put your best foot forward.
Time is a great healer.
You are what you eat.
Handsome is as handsome does.
No man is an island.
There's safety in numbers.
An man's home is his castle.
Each to their own.
Man does not live by bread alone.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
The more the merrier.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Every dog has its day.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Children and fools tell the truth.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Love will find a way.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
One hand washes the other.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Another day, another dollar.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Hope springs eternal.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Make love not war.
Revenge is sweet.
He who hesitates is lost.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Time is money.
Persuasion is better than force.
If you build it, they will come.
The best is the enemy of the good.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Get out while the getting is good.
Enough is enough.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
You can't take it with you.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
It never rains but it pours.
It takes one to know one.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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