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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Don't throw good money after bad.
Look before you leap.
Seize the day.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Cheats never prosper.
Physician, heal thyself.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Big fish eat little fish.
Better safe than sorry.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Revenge is sweet.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
No man is an island.
It never rains but it pours.
Money isn't everything.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Forewarned is forearmed.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
If you can't be good, be careful.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Live and let live.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Another day, another dollar.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Patience is a virtue.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Children should be seen and not heard.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Waste not, want not.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Grief divided is made lighter.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Each to their own.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Good fences make good neighbours.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
There is no accounting for tastes.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
A golden key can open any door.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Silence construes consent.
A new broom sweeps clean.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Time will tell.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Any port in a storm.
First things first.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Bad money drives out good.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
The best defence is a good offence.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Nothing new under the sun.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Money makes the world go round.
All's well that ends well.
Fortune favours the brave.
Persuasion is better than force.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Let the buyer beware.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Hide in plain sight.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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