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Rome wasn't built in a day.
No news is good news.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Walls have ears.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Children and fools tell the truth.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
A watched pot never boils.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Revenge is sweet.
There are two sides to every question.
All publicity is good publicity.
An man's home is his castle.
The show must go on.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
You are never too old to learn.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Great minds think alike.
Silence is golden.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Always put your best foot forward.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Crime doesn't pay.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Don't shoot the messenger.
It's the singer not the song.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Keep your chin up.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Horses for courses.
Life begins at forty.
Time flies.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
First come, first served.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
All roads lead to Rome.
Business before pleasure.
To the victor go the spoils.
You can't make bricks without straw.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
A thing begun is half done.
Half a loaf is better than none.
The more the merrier.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Go the extra mile.
Let bygones be bygones.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
First things first.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Attack is the best form of defence.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Knowledge is power.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Cheats never prosper.
Persuasion is better than force.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
There's one born every minute.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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