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There is honour among thieves.
Laughter is the best medicine.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
All things must pass.
Learn to walk before you run.
A picture paints a thousand words.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Walls have ears.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Look before you leap.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
What goes up must come down.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
A man is known by his friends.
Nothing new under the sun.
Actions speak louder than words.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Persuasion is better than force.
Life begins at forty.
There are two sides to every question.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Good things come in small packages.
Let the dead bury the dead.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
First things first.
Don't get mad, get even.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
A word to the wise is enough.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Better late than never.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Less is more.
Give credit where credit is due.
You are what you eat.
Forgive and forget.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Each to their own.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Money makes the world go round.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Easy come, easy go.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
It never rains but it pours.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Share and share alike.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
History repeats itself.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Still waters run deep.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
If you build it, they will come.
To every thing there is a season.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Cold hands, warm heart.
A person is known by the company they keep.
Crime doesn't pay.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
It takes two to tango.
All the world loves a lover.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Might is right.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Paddle your own canoe.
Live and let live.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
A bad penny always turns up.
The truth will out.
Ignorance is bliss.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Horses for courses.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Make love not war.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Let the buyer beware.
Misery loves company.
Live and learn.
You can't take it with you.
Practice what you preach.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Honesty is the best policy.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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