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Random Proverbs (x 100)
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
It's never too late to mend.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
There's no time like the present.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Keep your chin up.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
For everything there is a season.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
A poor worker blames the tools.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Don't throw good money after bad.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Different strokes for different folks.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
No man is an island.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Good talk saves the food.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Misery loves company.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
The exception which proves the rule.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Hide in plain sight.
Birds of a feather flock together.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Enough is enough.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
The best things in life are free.
Still waters run deep.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Truth will out.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
The best defence is a good offence.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
Business before pleasure.
Dead men tell no tales.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Money makes the world go round.
The end justifies the means.
Put your best foot forward.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Beware the Ides of March.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
The wages of sin is death.
The age of miracles is past.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Live and learn.
Forewarned is forearmed.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
While there is life, there is hope.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Only the good die young.
Needs must when the devil drives.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
You can't take it with you.
Don't change horses in midstream.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Better safe than sorry.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Every dog has its day.
Home is where the heart is.
Persuasion is better than force.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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