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It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Tomorrow is another day.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Fight the good fight.
Knowledge is power.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
There's one born every minute.
Let bygones be bygones.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
A fish always rots from the head.
There are two sides to every question.
Ignorance is bliss.
A person is known by the company they keep.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Cheats never prosper.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Seize the day.
A cat has nine lives.
Big fish eat little fish.
First come, first served.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
Silence is golden.
Another day, another dollar.
Needs must when the devil drives.
The best things in life are free.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Only fools and horses work.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
The more the merrier.
Beauty is only skin deep.
It takes two to tango.
Nine tailors make a man.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
It goes without saying.
Slow but sure.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
All you need is love.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Manners maketh the man.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
You can't always get what you want.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Waste not, want not.
For everything there is a season.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Forgive and forget.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Man does not live by bread alone.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
All that glitters is not gold.
Home is where the heart is.
While there is life, there is hope.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Actions speak louder than words.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
It takes one to know one.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
No man is an island.
The age of miracles is past.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
An army marches on its stomach.
Don't shoot the messenger.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Revenge is sweet.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
You are never too old to learn.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Still waters run deep.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
There's a time and a place for everything.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Walls have ears.
Laughter is the best medicine.
A good man is hard to find.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Money makes the world go round.
Hide in plain sight.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
There is honour among thieves.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
The best defence is a good offence.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Make haste slowly.
You are what you eat.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
There's no smoke without fire.
Good things come in small packages.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
More haste, less speed.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
To every thing there is a season.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
A bad penny always turns up.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
One good deed deserves another.
Time and tide wait for no one.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Appearances can be deceptive.
It's the singer not the song.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Dead men tell no tales.
Easy come, easy go.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Any port in a storm.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Handsome is as handsome does.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Time flies.
History repeats itself.
Never tell tales out of school.
Business before pleasure.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Charity begins at home.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
A leopard can't change its spots.
All good things must come to an end.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
You reap what you sow.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Attack is the best form of defence.
There's no time like the present.
Many hands make light work.
Truth will out.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
You can't win them all.
Stupid is as stupid does.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Less is more.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Pride comes before a fall.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
What goes around comes around.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
The truth will out.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Live and learn.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Clothes do not make the man.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
One hand washes the other.
The early bird gets the worm.
Do as I say, not as I do.
The exception which proves the rule.
Good fences make good neighbours.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Make hay while the sun shines.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
A word to the wise is enough.
Money talks.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
The leopard does not change his spots.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Every stick has two ends.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Each to their own.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Nothing new under the sun.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Put your best foot forward.
Make love not war.
Love makes the world go round.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
It never rains but it pours.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
The Devil looks after his own.
Always put your best foot forward.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Get out while the getting is good.
Accidents will happen.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Life begins at forty.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Even a worm will turn.
Wonders will never cease.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Time is money.
All's well that ends well.
Only the good die young.
Count your blessings.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Let well alone.
Opposites attract.
Two heads are better than one.
Oil and water don't mix.
A thing begun is half done.
Blood is thicker than water.
Better safe than sorry.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Don't rock the boat.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
The wages of sin is death.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Pearls of wisdom.
There's no place like home.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
East is east, and west is west.
No rest for the wicked.
A miss is as good as a mile.
A cat may look at a king.
Better late than never.
Every dog has its day.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Marriages are made in heaven.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
If the cap fits, wear it.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
You can't take it with you.
Paddle your own canoe.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Haste makes waste.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Patience is a virtue.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Let the buyer beware.
Fortune favours the brave.
Beware the Ides of March.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Look before you leap.
Never go to bed on an argument.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
A new broom sweeps clean.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
No man can serve two masters.
It's never too late to mend.
All roads lead to Rome.
The end justifies the means.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
The Devil is in the details.
Talk is cheap.
Misery loves company.
First things first.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Seeing is believing.
Time is a great healer.
Share and share alike.
It's better to give than to receive.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
The bigger, the better.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Never give a sucker an even break.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
All publicity is good publicity.
Keep your chin up.
The show must go on.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Different strokes for different folks.
Nothing succeeds like success.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Everyone has their price.
Bad money drives out good.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Small things amuse small minds.
Money is the root of all evil.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
An man's home is his castle.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Learn to walk before you run.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Give credit where credit is due.
No news is good news.
Variety is the spice of life.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Seek and you shall find.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Once bitten, twice shy.
All's fair in love and war.
Christmas comes but once a year.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Life is what you make it.
Tomorrow never comes.
All good things come to those that wait.
What goes up must come down.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Might is right.
Bad news travels fast.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Persuasion is better than force.
Give the Devil his due.
It's all grist to the mill.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
What can't be cured must be endured.
Love is blind.
Once a thief, always a thief.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Enough is enough.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Speak as you find.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Good things come to those who wait.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Practice makes perfect.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Practice what you preach.
Moderation in all things.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
A golden key can open any door.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Faith will move mountains.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Little pitchers have big ears.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
All the world loves a lover.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Third time lucky.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Like father, like son.
He who hesitates is lost.
Great minds think alike.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Forewarned is forearmed.
A watched pot never boils.
Quid pro quo.
No pain, no gain.
Less said, soon mended.
The customer is always right.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Live and let live.
Love will find a way.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
A house is not a home.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
The best is the enemy of the good.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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