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Random Proverbs (x 100)
Might is right.
Half a loaf is better than none.
No man is an island.
Good things come in small packages.
A word to the wise is enough.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
It's never too late to mend.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Let well alone.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Slow but sure.
Only the good die young.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
You can't always get what you want.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
All's fair in love and war.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Virtue is its own reward.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Time flies.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Count your blessings.
Cheats never prosper.
Beggars can't be choosers.
The truth will out.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Paddle your own canoe.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Give credit where credit is due.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
A stitch in time saves nine.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Make love not war.
The age of miracles is past.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Never give a sucker an even break.
The Devil is in the details.
No man can serve two masters.
Put your best foot forward.
Truth will out.
Nine tailors make a man.
History repeats itself.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Bad money drives out good.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Every picture tells a story.
The wages of sin is death.
Once a thief, always a thief.
Misery loves company.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
East is east, and west is west.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Marriages are made in heaven.
All good things must come to an end.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Love is blind.
There's one born every minute.
It takes two to tango.
Haste makes waste.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
All the world loves a lover.
Walls have ears.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Only fools and horses work.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Knowledge is power.
Beware the Ides of March.
Seek and you shall find.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Similes
Comparison of two things, with an ellipsis. Complete the simile by explaining how the two things are alike.
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