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Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
More haste, less speed.
Everyone has their price.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
There's no time like the present.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
There's an exception to every rule.
Let well alone.
Time and tide wait for no one.
The wages of sin is death.
Don't get mad, get even.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Forewarned is forearmed.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Tomorrow never comes.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Seize the day.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Accidents will happen.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Honesty is the best policy.
All roads lead to Rome.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Look before you leap.
You can't win them all.
All the world loves a lover.
The best things in life are free.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
A cat may look at a king.
Slow but sure.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
A cat has nine lives.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Money isn't everything.
You win some, you lose some.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Make haste slowly.
Nothing new under the sun.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
You are never too old to learn.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
What goes up must come down.
Money talks.
For everything there is a season.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Quid pro quo.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Put your best foot forward.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Variety is the spice of life.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Might is right.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
All publicity is good publicity.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
You are what you eat.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
The bigger, the better.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Charity begins at home.
Don't shoot the messenger.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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