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Random Proverbs (x 500)

Make love not war.

Shrouds have no pockets.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Share and share alike.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Fight the good fight.

What goes up must come down.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Live and let live.

An man's home is his castle.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

What goes around comes around.

Waste not, want not.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Less is more.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Moderation in all things.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Go the extra mile.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

It's never too late to mend.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A thing begun is half done.

Opposites attract.

Slow but sure.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Once a thief, always a thief.

He who hesitates is lost.

It never rains but it pours.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Time is a great healer.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

You reap what you sow.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Enough is enough.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Misery loves company.

The customer is always right.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

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

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Cheats never prosper.

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

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

Every dog has its day.

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

Bad money drives out good.

Silence construes consent.

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

Like father, like son.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Life begins at forty.

A cat may look at a king.

Still waters run deep.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Blood is thicker than water.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The Devil looks after his own.

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

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

Each to their own.

Wonders will never cease.

The age of miracles is past.

Horses for courses.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.

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

Knowledge is power.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

For everything there is a season.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

There are two sides to every question.

Actions speak louder than words.

No rest for the wicked.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

No pain, no gain.

Many hands make light work.

Speak as you find.

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

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

Time flies.

Money makes the world go round.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Money talks.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Good things come to those who wait.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

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

Seize the day.

All good things must come to an end.

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

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

Might is right.

Time will tell.

Better safe than sorry.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Ignorance is bliss.

Variety is the spice of life.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The pen is mightier than sword.

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Love makes the world go round.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The show must go on.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

All's well that ends well.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Beware the Ides of March.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Don't rock the boat.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Make hay while the sun shines.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Slow and steady wins the race.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Revenge is sweet.

Let the buyer beware.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

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

Haste makes waste.

Seeing is believing.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Every picture tells a story.

The Devil is in the details.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't throw good money after bad.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

Paddle your own canoe.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The more the merrier.

Practice makes perfect.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Curiosity killed the cat.

East is east, and west is west.

Different strokes for different folks.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Marriages are made in heaven.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

There's safety in numbers.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You win some, you lose some.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A word to the wise is enough.

Pearls of wisdom.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

No man is an island.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Better late than never.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Talk is cheap.

A house is not a home.

Big fish eat little fish.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The truth will out.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

To every thing there is a season.

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

Good talk saves the food.

All roads lead to Rome.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Even a worm will turn.

Business before pleasure.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Silence is golden.

Virtue is its own reward.

All you need is love.

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

Make haste slowly.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

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

A golden key can open any door.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

To the victor go the spoils.

Third time lucky.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Another day, another dollar.

Only the good die young.

A good man is hard to find.

Only fools and horses work.

There's no place like home.

All good things come to those that wait.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

History repeats itself.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Tomorrow never comes.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Handsome is as handsome does.

More haste, less speed.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

You can't always get what you want.

Physician, heal thyself.

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

It's better to give than to receive.

Man does not live by bread alone.

A cat has nine lives.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Once bitten, twice shy.

One hand washes the other.

Forgive and forget.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Children should be seen and not heard.

If you build it, they will come.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Accidents will happen.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Home is where the heart is.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Every stick has two ends.

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

There's one born every minute.

Hope springs eternal.

Learn to walk before you run.

There's a time and a place for everything.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Put your best foot forward.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It's the singer not the song.

Love is blind.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

The bigger, the better.

Look before you leap.

Great minds think alike.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Keep your chin up.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

Fortune favours the brave.

First things first.

Everyone has their price.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Seek and you shall find.

Truth will out.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Don't shoot the messenger.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Time is money.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The best things in life are free.

A person is known by the company they keep.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

It goes without saying.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Money isn't everything.

All's fair in love and war.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Good things come in small packages.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Hide in plain sight.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Clothes do not make the man.

Get out while the getting is good.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Count your blessings.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The end justifies the means.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Persuasion is better than force.

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

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

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Love will find a way.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Charity begins at home.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A bad penny always turns up.

Two heads are better than one.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

No man can serve two masters.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

An army marches on its stomach.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Let bygones be bygones.

While there is life, there is hope.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Nothing new under the sun.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Tomorrow is another day.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

Let well alone.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

You are never too old to learn.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Oil and water don't mix.

God helps those who help themselves.

There is honour among thieves.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Live and learn.

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

East, west, home's best.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Walls have ears.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Crime doesn't pay.

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