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Random Proverbs (x 500)

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Might is right.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

Put your best foot forward.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Time is a great healer.

In the midst of life we are in death.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Revenge is sweet.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Less said, soon mended.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

For everything there is a season.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

An man's home is his castle.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

All's well that ends well.

Wonders will never cease.

Get out while the getting is good.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A cat has nine lives.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Different strokes for different folks.

No man can serve two masters.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Every picture tells a story.

Practice what you preach.

Time will tell.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

Even a worm will turn.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Practice makes perfect.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

The Devil looks after his own.

All's fair in love and war.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

No man is an island.

Give the Devil his due.

A stitch in time saves nine.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Still waters run deep.

Talk is cheap.

Pearls of wisdom.

It's all grist to the mill.

Love is blind.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Once a thief, always a thief.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

Truth will out.

Let the buyer beware.

The customer is always right.

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

Waste not, want not.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Cold hands, warm heart.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Only fools and horses work.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

The Devil is in the details.

Everyone has their price.

A cat may look at a king.

The pen is mightier than sword.

The more the merrier.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Keep your powder dry.

It goes without saying.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Seeing is believing.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

The end justifies the means.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Great minds think alike.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

First things first.

Small things amuse small minds.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

There's no smoke without fire.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Money isn't everything.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Let bygones be bygones.

The truth will out.

Nine tailors make a man.

You reap what you sow.

Patience is a virtue.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Silence is golden.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Physician, heal thyself.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

Forgive and forget.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Quid pro quo.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Bad money drives out good.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Seize the day.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

East is east, and west is west.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

An army marches on its stomach.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Keep your chin up.

A word to the wise is enough.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Live and learn.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Honesty is the best policy.

Blood is thicker than water.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Let well alone.

Fight fire with fire.

Look before you leap.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

All good things must come to an end.

It takes one to know one.

Life begins at forty.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

Moderation in all things.

God helps those who help themselves.

It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

You are never too old to learn.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

No pain, no gain.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Less is more.

A thing begun is half done.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The best defence is a good offence.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Another day, another dollar.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Hope springs eternal.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A good man is hard to find.

To every thing there is a season.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Let the dead bury the dead.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.

More haste, less speed.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

All things must pass.

A watched pot never boils.

There's a time and a place for everything.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Beware the Ides of March.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Faith will move mountains.

Paddle your own canoe.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.

Actions speak louder than words.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

Make love not war.

Bad news travels fast.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Fortune favours the brave.

He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

To the victor go the spoils.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Silence construes consent.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

You can't win them all.

Dead men tell no tales.

One hand washes the other.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Pride comes before a fall.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

A bad penny always turns up.

Crime doesn't pay.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Don't rock the boat.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Accidents will happen.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Go the extra mile.

Beggars can't be choosers.

All the world loves a lover.

Cheats never prosper.

It takes two to tango.

Time is money.

Fight the good fight.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The bigger, the better.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Every stick has two ends.

Each to their own.

Good things come to those who wait.

You can't always get what you want.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Beauty is only skin deep.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Ignorance is bliss.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

Misery loves company.

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

History repeats itself.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There's no place like home.

A house is not a home.

Strike while the iron is hot.

He who hesitates is lost.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

The leopard does not change his spots.

A man is known by his friends.

First come, first served.

Manners maketh the man.

Good fences make good neighbours.

It ain't over, till it's over.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

While there is life, there is hope.

Oil and water don't mix.

A fish always rots from the head.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Money talks.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Grief divided is made lighter.

You win some, you lose some.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

Hide in plain sight.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Learn to walk before you run.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Tomorrow never comes.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Laughter is the best medicine.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

You are what you eat.

Love will find a way.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Money is the root of all evil.

It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

No news is good news.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Slow but sure.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Only the good die young.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Knowledge is power.

There's safety in numbers.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It's better to give than to receive.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Better late than never.

Love makes the world go round.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Third time lucky.

The show must go on.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The early bird gets the worm.

One good deed deserves another.

Never tell tales out of school.

Make haste slowly.

Many hands make light work.

Enough is enough.

The exception which proves the rule.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

What goes around comes around.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise.

Any port in a storm.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Count your blessings.

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

If the cap fits, wear it.

East, west, home's best.

Appearances can be deceptive.

You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

When one door shuts, another opens.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

There's an exception to every rule.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

There's no time like the present.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

Don't get mad, get even.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Live and let live.

All you need is love.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

All publicity is good publicity.

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Tomorrow is another day.

Horses for courses.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

Share and share alike.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Home is where the heart is.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

It's never too late to mend.

Like father, like son.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

All good things come to those that wait.

Business before pleasure.

Easy come, easy go.

Good talk saves the food.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Life is what you make it.

Better safe than sorry.

Two heads are better than one.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All that glitters is not gold.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

There's one born every minute.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

A word to the wise is enough.

Do as I say, not as I do.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Clothes do not make the man.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

There are two sides to every question.

Opposites attract.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Good things come in small packages.

If you build it, they will come.

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