| List of Proverbs |
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| Absence makes the heart grow fonder. |
| Accidents will happen. |
| Actions speak louder than words. |
| Advice is cheap. |
| Advice is least heeded when most needed. |
| Advisers run no risks. |
| All cats are grey in the dark. |
| All good things come to those who wait. |
| All that glitters is not gold. |
| All days are short to Industry and long to Idleness. |
| All is fair in love and war |
| All’s well that ends well |
| All that glitters is not gold. |
| All things grow with time – except grief. |
| All things are difficult before they are easy. |
| All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. |
| An apple a day keeps the doctor away.* |
| An empty purse frightens away friends. |
| An Englishman’s home is his castle. |
| An idle brain is the devil’s workshop. |
| An onion a day keeps everyone away.* |
| An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. |
| Anger is the one thing made better by delay. |
| Any time means no time. |
| April showers bring May flowers. |
| A bad tree does not yield good apples. |
| A bad workman blames his tools. |
| A bird in hand is worth two in a bush. |
| A broken friendship may be soldered but will never be sound. |
| A burden of one’s own choice is not felt. |
| A burnt child dreads the fire. |
| A cat has nine lives. |
| A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. |
| A change is as good as a rest. |
| A dry March, a wet April and a cool May fill barn and cellar and bring much hay. |
| A fault confessed is half redressed. |
| A flower blooms more than once. |
| A fool and his money are soon (easily) parted. |
| A fool at forty is a fool forever. |
| A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| A friend to all is a friend to none. |
| A good example is the best sermon. |
| A good beginning makes a good end. |
| A good conscience is a soft pillow. |
| A guilty conscience needs no accuser. |
| A leopard cannot change its spots. |
| A loaded wagon makes no noise. |
| A loveless life is a living death. |
| A man can die but once. |
| A man is as old as he feels himself to be. |
| A man is known by the company he keeps. |
| A monkey in silk is a monkey no less. |
| A new broom sweeps clean. |
| A rising tide lifts all boats. |
| A rolling stone gathers no moss. |
| A rotten apple spoils the barrel. |
| A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. |
| A stitch in time saves nine. |
| A stumble may prevent a fall. |
| A swallow does not make the summer. |
| A tree is known by its fruit. |
| A watched pot never boils |
| A young idler, an old beggar. |
| After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile. |
| As you sow, so shall you reap |
| Bad news travels fast. |
| Beauty is only skin deep. |
| Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. |
| Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men. |
| Be swift to hear, slow to speak. |
| Better be alone than in bad company. |
| Better flatter a fool than fight him. |
| Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know |
| Better late than never. |
| Better lose the saddle than the horse. |
| Better untaught than ill-taught |
| Charity begins at home. |
| Children and fools tell the truth. |
| Cleanliness is next to godliness. |
| Clear moon, frost soon. |
| Clothes don’t make the man. |
| Constant occupation prevents temptation. |
| Dead men tell no tales |
| Diamond cuts diamond. |
| Diligence is the mother of good fortune. |
| Discretion is the better part of valour |
| Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body. |
| Distance makes the heart grow fonder. |
| Dogs of the same street bark alike. |
| Don’t bark if you can’t bite. |
| Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. |
| Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork. |
| Don’t judge a book by its cover. |
| Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. |
| Easier said than done. |
| Elbow grease is the best polish. |
| Empty vessels make the most noise. |
| Every ass likes to hear himself bray. |
| Every cloud has a silver lining |
| Every man for himself. |
| Every man has his price. |
| Every man is the architect of his own fortune. |
| Every path has its puddle. |
| Every why has a wherefore. |
| Everything in the garden is rosy. |
| Experience is the father of wisdom. |
| Facts speak louder than words. |
| Failure teaches success. |
| False friends are worse than open enemies. |
| Familiarity breeds contempt |
| Fine words butter no parsnips. |
| First come, first served. |
| Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. |
| Fools rush in where angels fear to tread |
| Friendship is love with understanding. |
| Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. |
| Give someone enough rope and they will hang themselves. |
| God helps those who help themselves. |
| Good and quickly seldom meet. |
| Good management is better than good income. |
| Great minds think alike. |
| Great oaks grow from little acorns. |
| Grief divided is made lighter |
| Half a loaf is better than none. |
| Hard words break no bones. |
| Haste makes waste. |
| Hatred is a blind as love. |
| He has enough who is content. |
| He who hesitates is lost. |
| He who is everywhere is nowhere. |
| He who knows nothing, doubts nothing. |
| He who pays the piper calls the tune. |
| Blood is thicker than water |
| Blood will out. |
| He who plays with fire gets burnt. |
| He who wills the end wills the means. |
| He laughs best who laughs last. |
| Health is better than wealth |
| Home is where the heart is. |
| Honesty is the best policy. |
| Honey catches more flies than vinegar. |
| However long the night, the dawn will break |
| In times of prosperity friends are plentiful. |
| If a camel gets his nose in a tent, his body will follow. |
| If in February there be no rain, ’tis neither good for hay nor grain. |
| If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid 100 days of sorrow. |
| If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. |
| If you want a friend, be a friend. |
| If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. |
| Ignorance is bliss. |
| In for a penny, in for a pound. |
| In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. |
| It never rains but it pours. |
| It is always darkest before the dawn |
| It’s no use crying over spilt milk. |
| It takes all sorts to make a world. |
| Justice delayed is justice denied. |
| Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age. |
| Knowledge is power. |
| Kill one to warn a hundred. |
| Kill the goose that lays the golden egg. |
| Kindness begets kindness. |
| Laughter is the best medicine. |
| Learn to walk before you run. |
| Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. |
| Least said soonest mended. |
| Let bygones be bygones. |
| Liars need good memories. |
| Lightning never strikes in the same place twice |
| Like father, like son. |
| Look before you leap. |
| Loose lips sink ships. |
| Losers weepers, finders keepers. |
| Love is blind. |
| Make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear |
| Man is the head of the family; woman is the neck that turns the head. |
| Man proposes, God disposes. |
| Manners make the man. |
| Many hands make light work. |
| Marry in haste, repent at leisure. |
| Memory is the treasure of the mind. |
| Men make houses, women make homes. |
| Might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb |
| Money begets money. |
| Money doesn’t grow on trees. |
| Money is the root of all evil. |
| Necessity is the mother of invention. |
| Need teaches a plan. |
| Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today |
| Never say die. |
| Nobody is perfect. |
| No man can serve two masters. |
| No man is an island. |
| No news is good news. |
| No smoke without fire. |
| No wind, no waves. |
| Nothing ventured, nothing gained. |
| Once bitten, twice shy. |
| One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. |
| One good turn deserves another. |
| One of these days is none of these days. |
| One today is worth two tomorrow. |
| One man’s meat is another man’s poison |
| One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. |
| One swallow doesn’t make a summer. |
| Only real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. |
| Opportunity seldom knocks twice. |
| Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings |
| Out of sight, out of mind. |
| Penny wise, pound foolish. |
| People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. |
| Practice makes perfect. |
| Practise what you preach |
| Prevention is better than cure |
| Pride comes before a fall. |
| Procrastination is the thief of time |
| Put all your eggs in one basket |
| Revenge is sweet. |
| Rome was not built in a day. |
| Save me from my friends. |
| Saying is one thing, doing is another. |
| Short reckonings make long friends. |
| Sickness in the body brings sadness to the mind. |
| Snug as a bug in a rug. |
| Spare the rod and spoil the child |
| Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me |
| Still waters run deep. |
| A stitch in time saves nine |
| Stolen fruit is the sweetest. |
| Tall oaks grow from little acorns. |
| The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. |
| The best advice is found on the pillow. |
| The devil looks after his own. |
| The devil makes work for idle hands |
| The die is cast. |
| The early bird catches the worm. |
| The end justifies the means. |
| The first step is the hardest. |
| The more haste, the less speed. |
| The more you have, the more you want. |
| The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken. |
| The pen is mightier than the sword |
| The proof of the pudding is in the eating. |
| The road to hell is paved with good intentions. |
| The tongue wounds more than a lance. |
| The truth is in the wine. |
| The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. |
| The wish is father to the thought. |
| There is a black sheep in every flock. |
| There is no fool like an old fool. |
| There is safety in numbers |
| Time and tide wait for no man. |
| Time has wings. |
| Time is money. |
| To err is human, to forgive divine |
| Too many cooks spoil the broth. |
| Trust not a horse’s heel nor a dog’s tooth. |
| Truth is stranger than fiction. |
| Two wrongs don’t make a right |
| Union is strength. |
| Variety is the spice of life. |
| Virtue is its own reward. |
| Walls have ears. |
| Waste not, want not. |
| What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over. |
| What a man says drunk, he thinks sober. |
| What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals. |
| When the cat’s away, the mice play. |
| When in Rome, do as the Romans do. |
| When poverty come in the door, love goes out the window. |
| Where there’s life there’s hope. |
| Where there’s a will, there’s a way. |
| Who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves. |
| Wisdom is better than strength. |
| Wonders will never cease! |
| Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. |
| You are what you eat. |
| You are never too old to learn. |
| You never know what you can do until you try. |
| You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. |
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