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Random Proverbs (x 100)
One hand washes the other.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Oil and water don't mix.
Quid pro quo.
Go the extra mile.
You can't win them all.
In the midst of life we are in death.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Like father, like son.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Time will tell.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Wonders will never cease.
The best things in life are free.
Patience is a virtue.
You reap what you sow.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Appearances can be deceptive.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
It never rains but it pours.
Faith will move mountains.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
There's no place like home.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Only the good die young.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
There is honour among thieves.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Ignorance is bliss.
Time flies.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
The end justifies the means.
The age of miracles is past.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Talk is cheap.
Waste not, want not.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
It's better to give than to receive.
Life is what you make it.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Don't get mad, get even.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
All's well that ends well.
Children and fools tell the truth.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Hide in plain sight.
The Devil looks after his own.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Live and learn.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Life begins at forty.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
The customer is always right.
Third time lucky.
Learn to walk before you run.
Moderation in all things.
It takes two to tango.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
A man is known by his friends.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Dead men tell no tales.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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