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Handsome is as handsome does.
Variety is the spice of life.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Love is blind.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Go the extra mile.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
It's never too late to mend.
To the victor go the spoils.
No man can serve two masters.
It never rains but it pours.
More haste, less speed.
Might is right.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
All the world loves a lover.
It's best to be on the safe side.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Clothes do not make the man.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Knowledge is power.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Hope springs eternal.
The exception which proves the rule.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Bad money drives out good.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
One swallow does not a summer make.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Christmas comes but once a year.
No rest for the wicked.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
There's an exception to every rule.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Give credit where credit is due.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Silence construes consent.
Bad news travels fast.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Moderation in all things.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Practice what you preach.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Life is what you make it.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Great minds think alike.
Share and share alike.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Money talks.
Birds of a feather flock together.
All's fair in love and war.
Actions speak louder than words.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Truth will out.
Let bygones be bygones.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Horses for courses.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
It takes one to know one.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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