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Random Proverbs (x 500)
All's well that ends well.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Slow but sure.
What goes up must come down.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
First impressions are the most lasting.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
All things must pass.
Let well alone.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
History repeats itself.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Never tell tales out of school.
Beware the Ides of March.
Hope springs eternal.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Small things amuse small minds.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Never go to bed on an argument.
It takes two to tango.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
First come, first served.
Time flies.
Live and learn.
All roads lead to Rome.
No man is an island.
Bad news travels fast.
There's no time like the present.
Hide in plain sight.
The show must go on.
Don't get mad, get even.
Don't shoot the messenger.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Variety is the spice of life.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Let the dead bury the dead.
All good things come to those that wait.
Accidents will happen.
It takes one to know one.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Good things come to those who wait.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
No rest for the wicked.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Better safe than sorry.
All you need is love.
Marriages are made in heaven.
All publicity is good publicity.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
A man is known by his friends.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Learn to walk before you run.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Even a worm will turn.
Everyone has their price.
Stupid is as stupid does.
One good deed deserves another.
Forgive and forget.
No man can serve two masters.
You can't take it with you.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Manners maketh the man.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
The more the merrier.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
A house is not a home.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
The Devil looks after his own.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
The pen is mightier than sword.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Business before pleasure.
You can't always get what you want.
Honesty is the best policy.
An man's home is his castle.
The exception which proves the rule.
Home is where the heart is.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
An army marches on its stomach.
Moderation in all things.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Enough is as good as a feast.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Practice makes perfect.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
A word to the wise is enough.
The age of miracles is past.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Live and let live.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Beauty is only skin deep.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Seize the day.
East, west, home's best.
There is honour among thieves.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
The customer is always right.
Handsome is as handsome does.
You can't win them all.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Give the Devil his due.
Practice what you preach.
East is east, and west is west.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Knowledge is power.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
All's fair in love and war.
Love is blind.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Love makes the world go round.
Less is more.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
It's better to give than to receive.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Any port in a storm.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
It's the singer not the song.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Many hands make light work.
The truth will out.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
There's a time and a place for everything.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Always put your best foot forward.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
First things first.
Cheats never prosper.
Fight the good fight.
All the world loves a lover.
Persuasion is better than force.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Time is money.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Count your blessings.
Faith will move mountains.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Life begins at forty.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Every stick has two ends.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Actions speak louder than words.
Strike while the iron is hot.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Talk is cheap.
There is no accounting for tastes.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Might is right.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Children should be seen and not heard.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
A dog is a man's best friend.
The best defence is a good offence.
Wonders will never cease.
Enough is enough.
Patience is a virtue.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
You are what you eat.
Youth is wasted on the young.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Never speak ill of the dead.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Bad money drives out good.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
For everything there is a season.
There are two sides to every question.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Virtue is its own reward.
You are never too old to learn.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
While there is life, there is hope.
To every thing there is a season.
Get out while the getting is good.
Two heads are better than one.
Grief divided is made lighter.
You win some, you lose some.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Still waters run deep.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Time will tell.
Life is what you make it.
Put your best foot forward.
Charity begins at home.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Less said, soon mended.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Let bygones be bygones.
Big fish eat little fish.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
A watched pot never boils.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
It never rains but it pours.
Silence construes consent.
Look before you leap.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Nine tailors make a man.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
All good things must come to an end.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
The early bird gets the worm.
Clothes do not make the man.
Revenge is sweet.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Curiosity killed the cat.
No news is good news.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
More haste, less speed.
There's safety in numbers.
Pride comes before a fall.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Give credit where credit is due.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Once bitten, twice shy.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Keep your chin up.
To the victor go the spoils.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
No pain, no gain.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Children and fools tell the truth.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Misery loves company.
The best things in life are free.
It goes without saying.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
A fish always rots from the head.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Dead men tell no tales.
A cat may look at a king.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Ignorance is bliss.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Only fools and horses work.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Seek and you shall find.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Go the extra mile.
There's no smoke without fire.
Oil and water don't mix.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Every dog has its day.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Keep your powder dry.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
A thing begun is half done.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
God helps those who help themselves.
It's all grist to the mill.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Haste makes waste.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Like father, like son.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Seeing is believing.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
There's no place like home.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The bigger, the better.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Nothing new under the sun.
Don't throw good money after bad.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Fortune favours the brave.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
If you build it, they will come.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Silence is golden.
There's one born every minute.
He who hesitates is lost.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Little pitchers have big ears.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Money makes the world go round.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Waste not, want not.
Opposites attract.
You reap what you sow.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Love will find a way.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Fight fire with fire.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
Different strokes for different folks.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
Tomorrow is another day.
Horses for courses.
A good man is hard to find.
Money isn't everything.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Make love not war.
Paddle your own canoe.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
Great minds think alike.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Quid pro quo.
Don't rock the boat.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Easy come, easy go.
Time and tide wait for no one.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Speak as you find.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
The end justifies the means.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
It's never too late to mend.
Better late than never.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
The wages of sin is death.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Tomorrow never comes.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Good things come in small packages.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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