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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Appearances can be deceptive.
Keep your chin up.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Let bygones be bygones.
A house is not a home.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
The best defence is a good offence.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Get out while the getting is good.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Only the good die young.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
He who hesitates is lost.
There's no place like home.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Another day, another dollar.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
No rest for the wicked.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Love makes the world go round.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Always put your best foot forward.
There's safety in numbers.
Opposites attract.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
It's all grist to the mill.
A picture paints a thousand words.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Hide in plain sight.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Laughter is the best medicine.
No man is an island.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Forgive and forget.
It takes one to know one.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Ignorance is bliss.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Live and learn.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Love will find a way.
There are two sides to every question.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
A poor worker blames the tools.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Less said, soon mended.
The wages of sin is death.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Crime doesn't pay.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Oil and water don't mix.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
A fish always rots from the head.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Great minds think alike.
Misery loves company.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Quid pro quo.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Walls have ears.
Everyone has their price.
All the world loves a lover.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
It's the singer not the song.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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