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