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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Home is where the heart is.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Half a loaf is better than none.
All that glitters is not gold.
Love makes the world go round.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The more the merrier.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Put your best foot forward.
Time and tide wait for no one.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
There's an exception to every rule.
Physician, heal thyself.
It never rains but it pours.
The early bird gets the worm.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Nothing new under the sun.
No news is good news.
There's no place like home.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
The Devil is in the details.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
One hand washes the other.
Everyone has their price.
Truth will out.
Silence is golden.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
The age of miracles is past.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Like father, like son.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Seek and you shall find.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Moderation in all things.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Speak as you find.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Different strokes for different folks.
If you build it, they will come.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Walls have ears.
You can't take it with you.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Every picture tells a story.
It takes one to know one.
Clothes do not make the man.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
First come, first served.
Good talk saves the food.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
One swallow does not a summer make.
You win some, you lose some.
Get out while the getting is good.
Opposites attract.
No man can serve two masters.
Once a thief, always a thief.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Less said, soon mended.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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