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Procrastination is the thief of time.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
There's one born every minute.
For everything there is a season.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Keep your chin up.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
It takes two to tango.
Put your best foot forward.
Small things amuse small minds.
Never give a sucker an even break.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Crime doesn't pay.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Time will tell.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Live and learn.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Possession is nine points of the law.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
The end justifies the means.
Love makes the world go round.
Knowledge is power.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Hope springs eternal.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Ignorance is bliss.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
All things must pass.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Persuasion is better than force.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Let bygones be bygones.
All that glitters is not gold.
One hand washes the other.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Better late than never.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Keep your powder dry.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Dead men tell no tales.
A man is known by his friends.
Quid pro quo.
A picture paints a thousand words.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
A word to the wise is enough.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
The Devil looks after his own.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Let the buyer beware.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Shrouds have no pockets.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Good things come to those who wait.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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