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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
There's safety in numbers.
Nine tailors make a man.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Time flies.
It's all grist to the mill.
Count your blessings.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
A fish always rots from the head.
Wonders will never cease.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Everyone has their price.
Money is the root of all evil.
The early bird gets the worm.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Seize the day.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Only the good die young.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Blood is thicker than water.
A cat may look at a king.
A watched pot never boils.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Good talk saves the food.
One good deed deserves another.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Misery loves company.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Time will tell.
A good man is hard to find.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
You can't win them all.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Cold hands, warm heart.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
The age of miracles is past.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
Actions speak louder than words.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Let the buyer beware.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Money talks.
The leopard does not change his spots.
A dog is a man's best friend.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Even a worm will turn.
Tomorrow is another day.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Beggars can't be choosers.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Make love not war.
Persuasion is better than force.
East is east, and west is west.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
The best defence is a good offence.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
The end justifies the means.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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