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Many are called, but few are chosen.
You are never too old to learn.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
The early bird gets the worm.
Put your best foot forward.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
One swallow does not a summer make.
One good deed deserves another.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
The show must go on.
Get out while the getting is good.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
There are two sides to every question.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Different strokes for different folks.
All's well that ends well.
Everyone has their price.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Never go to bed on an argument.
It never rains but it pours.
All you need is love.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
It takes one to know one.
Hope springs eternal.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
There's a time and a place for everything.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Crime doesn't pay.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Little pitchers have big ears.
First come, first served.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Beggars can't be choosers.
There's no time like the present.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
A cat may look at a king.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Faith will move mountains.
Each to their own.
The pen is mightier than sword.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Like father, like son.
The exception which proves the rule.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Share and share alike.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
East, west, home's best.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
A good man is hard to find.
Home is where the heart is.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
For everything there is a season.
Nine tailors make a man.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
It's never too late to mend.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Good talk saves the food.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Never give a sucker an even break.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Waste not, want not.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
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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