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Hope springs eternal.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
An man's home is his castle.
Give the Devil his due.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
There is honour among thieves.
Children and fools tell the truth.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
There's one born every minute.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
The exception which proves the rule.
Love makes the world go round.
Love will find a way.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Crime doesn't pay.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Many hands make light work.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Laughter is the best medicine.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
All things must pass.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Still waters run deep.
Forgive and forget.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Cheats never prosper.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
All's fair in love and war.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
The Devil is in the details.
Give credit where credit is due.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Time is a great healer.
Beware the Ides of March.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Always put your best foot forward.
A man is known by his friends.
Money is the root of all evil.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Get out while the getting is good.
Misery loves company.
Life begins at forty.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Easy come, easy go.
Opposites attract.
You are never too old to learn.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
All roads lead to Rome.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
There's safety in numbers.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Time flies.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Virtue is its own reward.
No rest for the wicked.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
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Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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