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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Don't change horses in midstream.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Better late than never.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Slow and steady wins the race.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Faith will move mountains.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
A dog is a man's best friend.
A word to the wise is enough.
Tomorrow is another day.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
More haste, less speed.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Time will tell.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
There's no time like the present.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
All good things come to those that wait.
He who hesitates is lost.
Better safe than sorry.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Let well alone.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
While there is life, there is hope.
Seeing is believing.
Slow but sure.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Great minds think alike.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Love will find a way.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
A leopard can't change its spots.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
The wages of sin is death.
If you build it, they will come.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Knowledge is power.
Practice what you preach.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Pearls of wisdom.
Time flies.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
No man is an island.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Forgive and forget.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Each to their own.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
The pen is mightier than sword.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Always put your best foot forward.
It ain't over, till it's over.
No man can serve two masters.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Good things come to those who wait.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Bad money drives out good.
Any port in a storm.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
There's an exception to every rule.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
You win some, you lose some.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Truth will out.
Like father, like son.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Persuasion is better than force.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Home is where the heart is.
The end justifies the means.
The age of miracles is past.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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