English Proverbs
Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old English Proverbs, English quotes, and English sayings, collected over the years from a variety of sources. Enjoy reading these insights and feel free to share this page on your social media to inspire others.
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Proverbs are popularly defined as “short expressions of popular wisdom”. Efforts to improve on the popular definition have not led to a more precise definition. The wisdom is in the form of a general observation about the world or a bit of advice, sometimes more nearly an attitude toward a situation.
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A bad penny always turns up. – English Proverb
A bad settlement is better than a good lawsuit. – English Proverb
A bad workman blames his tools. – English Proverb
A barking dog never bites – English Proverb
A bean in liberty is better than a comfit in prison. – English Proverb
A beggar can never be bankrupt. – English Proverb
A bellyful is one of meat, drink, or sorrow. – English Proverb
A big tree attracts the woodsman’s ax. – English Proverb
A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. – English Proverb
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. – English Proverb
A black hen lays a white egg. – English Proverb
A black plum is as sweet as a white. – English Proverb
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. – English Proverb
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword. – English Proverb
A bold attempt is half of success. – English Proverb
A book is a friend. – English Proverb
A bridle for the tongue is a necessary piece of furniture. – English Proverb
A broken leg is not healed by a silk stocking. – English Proverb
A broken watch is right two times a day. – English Proverb
A bully is always a coward. – English Proverb
A burnt child dreads the fire. – English Proverb
A candle lights others and consumes itself. – English Proverb
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. – English Proverb
A cast is not a catch. – English Proverb
A cat may look at a king. – English Proverb
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. – English Proverb
A change is as good as a rest. – English Proverb
A cheerful wife is a joy of life. – English Proverb
A cheerful wife is the spice of life. – English Proverb
A child may have too much of his mother’s blessing. – English Proverb
A civil question deserves a civil answer. – English Proverb
A cobbler formed the shape of shoes on a wooden foot shaped last. If it lasted long he was happy. – English Proverb
A cobbler should stick to his last. – English Proverb
A cold April the barn will fill. – English Proverb
A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once. – English Proverb
A cracked bell can never sound well. – English Proverb
A creaking cart goes long on the wheels. – English Proverb
A creaking door hangs longest. – English Proverb
A crowd is not company. – English Proverb
A crown’s no cure for a headache. – English Proverb
A degenerate nobleman is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground. – English Proverb
A dimple in the chin, your living comes in; a dimple in the cheek, your living to seek. – English Proverb
A dog is a man’s best friend – English Proverb
A dog will not howl if you beat him with a bone. – English Proverb
A dog’s nose and a maid’s knee are always cold. – English Proverb
A drowning man will clutch at a straw – English Proverb
A drunken man is always dry. – English Proverb
A fair booty makes a fair thief. – English Proverb
A fair death honors the whole life. – English Proverb
A fair wife and a frontier castle breed quarrels. – English Proverb
A fault confessed is half redressed. – English Proverb
A fish always rots from the head down. – English Proverb
A fish follows the bait. – English Proverb
A flow will have an ebb. – English Proverb
A fool and his money are soon parted – English Proverb
A fool at forty is a fool indeed. – English Proverb
A fool can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. – English Proverb
A fool is ever laughing. – English Proverb
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. – English Proverb
A fool will laugh when he is drowning. – English Proverb
A fool’s head never whitens. – English Proverb
A fox smells its own lair first. – English Proverb
A fox smells its own stink first. – English Proverb
A friend cannot be known in prosperity nor an enemy be hidden in adversity. – English Proverb
A friend in need is a friend indeed. – English Proverb
A friend is best found in adversity. – English Proverb
A friend to all is a friend to none. – English Proverb
A full cup must be carried steadily. – English Proverb
A gentleman ought to travel abroad, but dwell at home. – English Proverb
A golden bit does not make the horse any better. – English Proverb
A golden key can open any door. – English Proverb
A good archer is not known by his arrows, but his aim. – English Proverb
A good beginning makes a good ending – English Proverb
A good candle-holder proves a good gamester. – English Proverb
A good conscience is a continual feast. – English Proverb
A good example is the best sermon. – English Proverb
A good friend never offends. – English Proverb
A good lawyer makes a bad neighbor. – English Proverb
A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all. – English Proverb
A good man is hard to find – English Proverb
A good mind possesses a kingdom. – English Proverb
A good name is the best of all treasures. – English Proverb
A good payer will not object to leaving a deposit. – English Proverb
A good paymaster never wants workmen. – English Proverb
A good surgeon has an eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart, and a lady’s hand. – English Proverb
A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion’s claw. – English Proverb
A grain of prudence is worth a pound of craft. – English Proverb
A great book is a great evil. – English Proverb
A guilty conscience needs no accuser. – English Proverb
A half the truth is often a whole lie. – English Proverb
A half truth is a whole lie. – English Proverb
A heavy purse makes a light heart. – English Proverb
A hedge between keeps friends green. – English Proverb
A hen is heavy when carried far. – English Proverb
A hero is a man who is afraid to run away. – English Proverb
A horseǃ a horseǃ My kingdom for a horseǃ – William Shakespeare
A hound’s food is in its legs. – English Proverb
A house built by the wayside is either too high or too low. – English Proverb
A house divided against itself cannot stand – English Proverb
A house divided cannot stand. – English Proverb
A house is a fine house when good folks are within. – English Proverb
A house is not a home – English Proverb
A house well-furnished makes a woman wise. – English Proverb
A hungry man is an angry man. – English Proverb
A jack of all trades is master of none. – English Proverb
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step – English Proverb
A joy that’s shared is a joy made double. – English Proverb
A joyful evening may follow a sorrowful morning. – English Proverb
A king’s face should show grace. – English Proverb
A lawyer’s opinion is worth nothing unless paid for. – English Proverb
A lean agreement is better than a fat judgement. – English Proverb
A lean fee is a fit reward for a lazy clerk. – English Proverb
A leap year is never a good sheep year. – English Proverb
A leopard cannot change its spots – English Proverb
A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on. – English Proverb
A lie can go halfway around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots. – English Proverb
A lie has no legs, but a scandal has wings. – English Proverb
A lie has no legs. – English Proverb
A lie has short legs. – English Proverb
A life of leisure, and a life of laziness, are two things. – English Proverb
A light burden’s heavy if far borne. – English Proverb
A little body often harbours a great soul. – English Proverb
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. – English Proverb
A little knowledge is dangerous. Drink deep, or taste not the puritan waters. – English Proverb
A little Learning is a dangerous thing. – English Proverb
A little of what you fancy does you good. – English Proverb
A little pot is easily hot. – English Proverb
A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire. – English Proverb
A live dog is better than a dead lion. – English Proverb
A lock is better than suspicion. – English Proverb
A maid who laughs is half taken. – English Proverb
A man among children will long be a child; a child among men will soon be a man. – English Proverb
A man can’t be hanged for his thoughts. – English Proverb
A man has a choice to begin love, but not to end it. – English Proverb
A man is as old as he feels himself to be. – English Proverb
A man is as old as he feels, a woman as old as she looks. – English Proverb
A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks. – English Proverb
A man is known by his friends – English Proverb
A man is known by the company he keeps. – English Proverb
A man is known to be mortal by two things, sleep and lust. – English Proverb
A man may die old at thirty and young at eighty. – English Proverb
A man may say too much, even upon the best subjects. – English Proverb
A man may woo where he will, but he will wed where his luck lies. – English Proverb
A man of courage never wants weapons. – English Proverb
A man of great memory without learning – English Proverb
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. – English Proverb
A man that will fight will find a cudgel in every hedge. – English Proverb
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. – English Proverb
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client. – English Proverb
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client – English Proverb
A man without a wife is but half a man. – English Proverb
A man without reason is a beast in season. – English Proverb
A man without religion is a horse without a bridle. – English Proverb
A man’s best fortune or his worst is a wife. – English Proverb
A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world. – English Proverb
A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
A man’s home is his castle. – English Proverb
A man’s worst enemies are often those of his own house. – English Proverb
A merry heart goes all the way. – English Proverb
A merry heart makes a long life. – English Proverb
A merry host makes merry guests. – English Proverb
A miss by an inch is a miss by a mile. – English Proverb
A miss is as good as a mile. – English Proverb
A mother never thinks her baby is ugly. – English Proverb
A mother’s love never ages. – English Proverb
A new broom sweeps clean. – English Proverb
A new broome sweepeth cleane. – English Proverb
A night with Venus and a life with mercury. – English Proverb
A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse. – English Proverb
A parish demagogue. – English Proverb (P. B. Shelley)
A penny for your thoughts. – English Proverb
A penny saved is a penny earned – English Proverb
A penny saved is very grateful. – English Proverb
A penny-weight of love is worth a pound of law. – English Proverb
A person is known by the company he keeps. – English Proverb
A picture is worth a thousand words, and yet picture books are for infants. – English Proverb
A picture is worth a thousand words. – English Proverb
A picture paints a thousand words. – English Proverb
A pig never smells its own stink. – English Proverb
A place for everything and everything in its place. – English Proverb
A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands. – English Proverb
A poor man’s debt makes a great noise. – English Proverb
A poor workman always blames his tools. – English Proverb
A poor workman blames his tools. – English Proverb
A pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison. – English Proverb
A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt. – English Proverb
A problem shared is a problem halved. – English Proverb
A prophet is not recognized in his own land. – English Proverb
A proverb is a short, pithy saying that expresses a traditionally held truth or piece of advice, based on common sense or experience. – English Proverb
A proverb is the child of experience. – English Proverb
A puff of wind and popular praise weigh the same. – English Proverb
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. – English Proverb
A rag and a bone and a hank of hair. – English Proverb
A ragged colt may make a good horse. – English Proverb
A reconciled friend is a double enemy. – English Proverb
A rich man’s joke is always funny. – English Proverb
A rising tide lifts all boats. – English Proverb
A rolling stone gathers no moss. – English Proverb
A rotten apple injures its companions. – English Proverb
A shady lane breeds mud. – English Proverb
A sin confessed is half forgiven. – English Proverb
A small family is soon provided for. – English Proverb
A small leak will sink a great ship. – English Proverb
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. – English Proverb
A snow year, a rich year. – English Proverb
A soft answer turneth away wrath. – English Proverb
A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter’s a daughter the rest of your life. – English Proverb
A son is a son ’till he gets him a wife; a daughter’s a daughter all her life. – English Proverb
A sound mind in a sound body. – English Proverb
A staff is quickly found to beat a dog. – English Proverb
A still tongue makes a wise head. – English Proverb
A stitch in time saves nine. – English Proverb
A store is no sore. – English Proverb
A straight stick looks crooked in the water. – English Proverb
A stumble may prevent a fall. – English Proverb
A surgeon experiments on the heads of orphans. – English Proverb
A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly. – English Proverb
A thief believes everybody steals. – English Proverb
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. – English Proverb
A thing of beauty is a joy forever. – English Proverb
A time and a place for everything. – English Proverb
A tongue of a fool carves a piece of his heart to all sit near him. – English Proverb
A trapped cat becomes a lion. – English Proverb
A trodden path bears no grass. – English Proverb
A trouble shared is a trouble halved. – English Proverb
A true friend does sometime venture to be offensive. – English Proverb
A vain belief, unprofitable. – English Proverb
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men. – English Proverb
A watched kettle never boils. – English Proverb
A watched pot never boils. – English Proverb
A wise man changes his mind, but a fool never does. – English Proverb
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. – English Proverb
A woman’s place is in the home. – English Proverb
A woman’s work is never done. – English Proverb
A word spoken is past recalling. – English Proverb
A word to the wise is enough. – English Proverb
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband. – English Proverb
A young doctor makes a humpy churchyard. – English Proverb
A young man idle, an old man needy. – English Proverb
A young man married is a young man marred. – English Proverb
Absence is a shrew. – English Proverb
Absence is the mother of disillusion. – English Proverb
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. – English Proverb
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. – English Proverb
Absence, and a friendly neighbor, washeth away love. – English Proverb
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. – English Proverb
Abundance maketh poor. – English Proverb
Accidents will happen (in the best-regulated families). – English Proverb
Accidents will happen in the best families. – English Proverb
Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves. – English Proverb
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge. – English Proverb
Actions speak louder than words. – English Proverb
Admiration is the daughter of ignorance. – English Proverb
Advantage is a better soldier than rashness. – English Proverb
Adventures are to the adventurous. – English Proverb
Adversity flatters no man. – English Proverb
Adversity is easier borne than prosperity forgot. – English Proverb
Adversity is the touchstone of virtue. – English Proverb
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. – English Proverb
Adversity makes strange bedfellows. – English Proverb
Advice is least heeded when most needed. – English Proverb
Advice to all, security for none. – English Proverb
Advice when most needed is least heeded. – English Proverb
Advise none to marry or go to war. – English Proverb
Advisers run no risks. – English Proverb
After a storm comes a calm. – English Proverb
After a typhoon there are pears to gather up. – English Proverb
After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile. – English Proverb
Age and wedlock bring a man to his nightcap. – English Proverb
Age and wedlock tame man and beast. – English Proverb
Age of miracles is past. – English Proverb
Ain’t over till the fat lady sings. – English Proverb
Ale in, wit out. – English Proverb
All are not friends who speak one fair. – English Proverb
All are not merry that dance lightly. – English Proverb
All are not thieves that dogs bark at. – English Proverb
All ask if a man be rich, no one if he be good. – English Proverb
All be the same in a hundred years. – English Proverb
All cats are gray in the dark. – English Proverb
All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet. – English Proverb
All clever men are birds of prey. – English Proverb
All complain for want of memory, but none for want of judgement. – English Proverb
All covet, all lose. – English Proverb
All flowers are not in one garland. – English Proverb
All for one and one for all. – English Proverb
All frills and no knickers. – English Proverb
All good things come to an end. – English Proverb
All good things come to he who waits. – English Proverb
All good things must come to an end. – English Proverb
All happiness is in the mind. – English Proverb
All hat and no cattle. – English Proverb
All is fair in love and war. – English Proverb
All is fish that comes to the net. – English Proverb
All is grist that comes to the mill. – English Proverb
All is not lost that is in danger. – English Proverb
All is well that ends well. – English Proverb
All of you that intend to ring, you undertake a dangerous thing. – English Proverb
All publicity is good publicity. – English Proverb
All roads lead to Rome. – English Proverb
All temptations are found either in hope or fear. – English Proverb
All that glisters is not gold. – English Proverb
All the wealth I had ran in my veins; I was a gentleman. – English Proverb (William Shakespeare)
All the world loves a lover. – English Proverb
All things are soon prepared in a well ordered house. – English Proverb
All things change and we with them. – English Proverb
All things come to he who waits. – English Proverb
All things come to those who wait. – English Proverb
All things must pass. – English Proverb
All those men have their price. – Robert Walpole
All weapons of war cannot arm fear. – English Proverb
All work and no play make Jack a dull body. – English Proverb
All work and no play makes Jack filthy rich. – English Proverb
All you need is love. – English Proverb
All’s fair in love and war. – English Proverb
All’s for the best in the best of all possible worlds. – English Proverb
All’s well that ends well. – English Proverb
Alms never make poor. – English Proverb
Almsgiving never impoverished, stealing never enriched, and prosperity never made wise. – English Proverb
Although shrimps may dance around, they do not leave the river. – English Proverb
Always more fish in the sea. – English Proverb
Always sample a maidens charms before the wedding. – English Proverb
Always to court and never to wed is the happiest life that ever was led. – English Proverb
Ambition makes people diligent. – English Proverb
America is God’s melting-pot. – English Proverb
An abundance of money ruins youth. – English Proverb
An apple a day keeps the doctor away – English Proverb
An apple a day keeps the doctor away–if you have good aim. – English Proverb
An apple never falls far from the tree. – English Proverb
An army marches on its stomach. – English Proverb
An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter’s head. – English Proverb
An artist lives everywhere. – English Proverb
An empty bag cannot stand upright. – English Proverb
An empty barrel makes the most noise. – English Proverb
An empty belly hears nobody. – English Proverb
An Englishman’s home is his castle. – English Proverb
An Englishman’s house (home) is his castle. – English Proverb
An enterprizing foole needs little wit. – English Proverb
An exception to every rule. – English Proverb
An exception to every rule or rules. – English Proverb
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. – English Proverb
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. – English Proverb
An hour may destroy what an age was building. – English Proverb
An idle brain is the devil’s workshop. – English Proverb
An ill tongue may do much. – English Proverb
An ill wind that blows no one any good. – English Proverb
An illiterate king is a crowned ass. – English Proverb
An inch of gold will not buy an inch of time. – English Proverb
An old cart well used may outlast a new one abused. – English Proverb
An old man is a bed full of bones. – English Proverb
An old wrinkle never wears out. – English Proverb
An open door may tempt a saint. – English Proverb
An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. – English Proverb
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. – English Proverb
An oven and mill are nurseries of news. – English Proverb
An unfortunate man would be drowned in a tea-cup. – English Proverb
And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses. – English Proverb
And thou unfit for any place but hell. – William Shakespeare
Anger and haste hinder good counsel. – English Proverb
Anger dies quickly with a good man. – English Proverb
Anger edges valor. – English Proverb
Anger is a short madness. – English Proverb
Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it. – English Proverb
Anger is shortlived in a good man. – English Proverb
Anger punishes itself. – English Proverb
Another day, another dollar. – English Proverb
Another man’s poison is not necessarily yours. – English Proverb
Any port in a storm. – English Proverb
Appearances can be deceiving. – English Proverb
Appearances can be deceptive. – English Proverb
Apple a day keeps the doctor away. – English Proverb
Apple never falls far from the tree. – English Proverb
April is the cruellest month. – English Proverb
April showers bring forth May flowers. – English Proverb
April showers bring May flowers. – English Proverb
Army marches on its stomach. – English Proverb
As a man lives, so shall he die. – English Proverb
As love thinks no evil, so envy speaks no good. – English Proverb
As proud as a peacock. – English Proverb
As proud as Lucifer. – English Proverb
As slippery as an eel. – English Proverb
As the old cock crows, so crows the young. – English Proverb
As thick as thieves. – English Proverb
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. – English Proverb
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it. – English Proverb
As you sow, so shall you reap. – English Proverb
As you sow, so you reap. – English Proverb
Ashes to ashes dust to dust. – English Proverb
Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer. – English Proverb
Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer. – English Proverb
Ask and you shall receive. – English Proverb
Ask God for what man can give, and you may get it. – English Proverb
Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies. – English Proverb
Ask no questions and hear no lies. – English Proverb
Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country. – John F. Kennedy
At Rome one must do the Romans do. – English Proverb
At the end of the game the king and the pawn go into the same bag. – English Proverb
Attack is the best form of defence. – English Proverb
Authority shows the man. – English Proverb
Avoid evil and it will avoid thee. – English Proverb
Avoid the pleasure which will bite tomorrow. – English Proverb
Away goes the devil if he finds the door shut against him. – English Proverb
Bad is the best choice. – English Proverb
Bad money drives out good. – English Proverb
Bad news travels fast. – English Proverb
Bad penny always turns up. – English Proverb
Barking dog never bites. – English Proverb
Barking dogs seldom bite. – English Proverb
Base terms are bellows to a slackening fire. – English Proverb
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty. – English Proverb
Be a friend to thyself, and others will befriend thee. – English Proverb
Be careful what you wish for. – English Proverb
Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it. – English Proverb
Be just before you’re generous. – English Proverb
Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance. – English Proverb
Beat swords into ploughshares. – English Proverb
Beauty and honesty seldom agree. – English Proverb
Beauty draws more than oxen. – English Proverb
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. – English Proverb
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes straight to the bone. – English Proverb
Beauty is only skin deep. – English Proverb
Beauty is truth, truth beauty. – John Keats
Beauty may have fair leaves, yet bitter fruit. – English Proverb
Beauty may open doors but only virtue enters. – English Proverb
Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold. – English Proverb
Beer before liquor, you’ll never be sicker, but liquor before beer and you’re in the clear. – English Proverb
Beer before wine, you’ll feel fine. Wine before beer, you’ll feel queer. – English Proverb
Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. – English Proverb
Beggars can’t be choosers. – English Proverb
Beggars should not be choosers. – English Proverb
Behind every great man there’s a great woman. – English Proverb
Best defence is a good offence. – English Proverb
Best is the enemy of the good. – English Proverb
Best things in life are free. – English Proverb
Best to be on the safe side. – English Proverb
Best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley. – English Proverb
Better a finger off than one wagging. – English Proverb
Better a lean peace than a fat victory. – English Proverb
Better a little chiding than a good deal of heartache. – English Proverb
Better a snotty child than his nose wiped off. – English Proverb
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. – English Proverb
Better an open enemy than a false friend. – English Proverb
Better bad than without. – English Proverb
Better be safe than sorry. – English Proverb
Better bend the back than bruise the forehead. – English Proverb
Better bow than break. – English Proverb
Better die with honour than live with shame. – English Proverb
Better face a danger once than be always in fear. – English Proverb
Better foolish by all than wise by yourself. – English Proverb
Better go about than fall into the ditch. – English Proverb
Better go to bed supperless than to rise in debt. – English Proverb
Better is the enemy of good. – English Proverb
Better keep now than seek anon. – English Proverb
Better late than never. – English Proverb
Better never to begin than never to make an end. – English Proverb
Better play a small game than to stand out. – English Proverb
Better safe than sorry. – English Proverb
Better the devil you know (than the one you don’t). – English Proverb
Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know. – English Proverb
Better to be alone than in bad company. – English Proverb
Better to be envied than pitied. – English Proverb
Better to be safe than sorry. – English Proverb
Better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. – English Proverb
Better to give than to receive. – English Proverb
Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. – English Proverb
Better to have than wish. – English Proverb
Better to kiss a knave than be troubled with him. – English Proverb
Better to kiss a knave than be troubled with him. – English Proverb
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness . – English Proverb
Better to marry a neighbor than a stranger. – English Proverb
Better to pay and have little than have much and be in debt. – English Proverb
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt. – English Proverb
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. – English Proverb
Better to say nothing, than to say something not to the purpose. – English Proverb
Better to travel hopefully than to arrive. – English Proverb
Better underdone than overdone. – English Proverb
Better untaught than ill taught. – English Proverb
Better wear out shoes than sheets. – English Proverb
Better wed over the mixen than over the moor. – English Proverb
Better wit than wealth. – English Proverb
Between two stools one falls to the ground. – English Proverb
Beware beginnings. – English Proverb
Beware of a man of one book. – English Proverb
Beware of Beware of “Had I known”. – English Proverb
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. – English Proverb
Beware of the cat that licks from the front but claws from behind. – English Proverb
Beware the Ides of March. – English Proverb
Big boast, small roast. – English Proverb
Big fish eat little fish. – English Proverb
Big thunder, little rain. – English Proverb
Bigger they are, the harder they fall. – English Proverb
Bigger, the better. – English Proverb
Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. – English Proverb
Birds of a feather flock together. – English Proverb
Biting and scratching is Scots folk’s wooing. – English Proverb
Bitter pills may have blessed effects. – English Proverb
Black will take no other hue. – English Proverb
Blessed are the peacemakers. – English Proverb
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. – English Proverb
Blest is the bride the sun shines on. – English Proverb
Blind is the bookless man. – English Proverb
Blind men can judge no colours. – English Proverb
Blind men should not judge of colours. – English Proverb
Blood is thicker than water. – English Proverb
Blood will out. – English Proverb
Blue are the hills that are far away. – English Proverb
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing. – English Proverb
Books think for me. – Charles Lamb
Bottom line is the bottom line. – English Proverb
Bought friends are not friends indeed. – English Proverb
Boy is father to the man. – English Proverb
Boys will be boys. – English Proverb
Brag is a good dog, but holdfast is better. – English Proverb
Brain is better than brawn. – English Proverb
Bread always falls buttered side down. – English Proverb
Bread is the staff of life, but beer’s life itself. – English Proverb
Bread is the staff of life. – English Proverb
Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dine like a pauper. – English Proverb
Breed up a crowand he will tear out your eyes. – English Proverb
Brevity is the soul of wit. – English Proverb
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. – English Proverb
Burn not your house to scare away the mice. – English Proverb
Burning the candle at both ends. – English Proverb
Business before pleasure. – English Proverb
Business first, pleasure after. – English Proverb
Business is business. – English Proverb
But an unwatched kettle over boils. – English Proverb
Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night. – English Proverb
Buy cheap, sell dearǃ – Thomas Lodge
Buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest. – English Proverb
Buying and selling is but winning and losing. – English Proverb
By continually striving for the best, one may waste good opportunities. – English Proverb
By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn. – English Proverb
By perseverance the snail reached the arc. – English Proverb
Flip-flops
Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. – English Proverb
Call a spade a spade. – English Proverb
Carpe diem (Pluck the day; Seize the day) – English Proverb
Carrying coals to Newcastle. – English Proverb
Cast not your pearls before swine. – English Proverb
Cat may look at a king – English Proverb
Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance. – English Proverb
Cats hide their claws. – English Proverb
Chain is only as strong as its weakest link. – English Proverb
Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron. – English Proverb
Chance favors the prepared mind. – English Proverb
Change is as good as a rest. – English Proverb
Character is easier kept than recovered. – English Proverb
Charity begins at home. – English Proverb
Charity bread has hard crusts. – English Proverb
Charity covers a multitude of sins. – English Proverb
Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods. – English Proverb
Cheaters never prosper. – English Proverb
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat. – English Proverb
Cheats never prosper. – English Proverb
Cheese and money should always sleep together one night. – English Proverb
Chickens have come home to roost. – English Proverb
Child is the father of the man – English Proverb
Children and fools must not play with edged tools. – English Proverb
Children and fools tell the truth – English Proverb
Children are certain cares, but uncertain comforts. – English Proverb
Children are poor men’s riches. – English Proverb
Children are uncertain comforts but certain cares. – English Proverb
Children should be seen and not heard. – English Proverb
Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. – English Proverb
Choose a wife rather by your ear than by your eye. – English Proverb
Christmas comes but once a year. – English Proverb
Cider on beer, never fear; beer upon cider, makes a bad rider. – English Proverb
Clean as God’s fingertips. – English Proverb
Cleanliness is next to godliness. – English Proverb
Clogs to clogs in three generations. – English Proverb
Close but no cigar. – English Proverb
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades. – English Proverb
Clothes make the man. – English Proverb
Clothes maketh the man. – English Proverb
Cobbler always wears the worst shoes. – English Proverb
Cobbler, stick to thy last. – English Proverb
Cobblers children are worst shod. – English Proverb
Cold as charity. – English Proverb
Cold hands, warm heart. – English Proverb
Cold pudding settles love. – English Proverb
Come hell or high water. – English Proverb
Command your man, and do it yourself. – English Proverb
Common fame is seldom to blame. – English Proverb
Common sense ain’t common. – English Proverb
Common sense is not so common. – English Proverb
Comparisons are odious. – English Proverb
Confession is the first step to repentance. – English Proverb
Confidence begets confidence. – English Proverb
Confidence is the companion of success. – English Proverb
Conscience cannot be compelled. – English Proverb
Constant dropping wears away the stone. – English Proverb
Counsel is no command. – English Proverb
Counsel must be followed, not praised. – English Proverb
Count your blessings – English Proverb
Courage lost, all lost. – English Proverb
Course of true love never did run smooth. – English Proverb
Cowards die many times, but a brave man only dies once. – English Proverb
Cowards may die many times before their death. – English Proverb
Craftiness must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked. – English Proverb
Crime doesn’t pay. – English Proverb
Crooked logs make straight fires. – English Proverb
Cross the stream where it is shallowest. – English Proverb
Cross the stream where it is the shallowest. – English Proverb
Crows will not pick out crows eyes. – English Proverb
Crumb not your bread before you taste your porridge. – English Proverb
Curiosity killed the cat. – English Proverb
Curiosity killed the cat. Satisfaction brought it back, that’s why the cat has nine lives. – English Proverb
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. – English Proverb
Cursing the weather is never good farming. – English Proverb
Custom is the guide of the ignorant. – English Proverb
Custom without reason is but ancient error. – English Proverb
Customer is always right – English Proverb
Cut your coat according to your cloth. – English Proverb
Cut your coat to suit your cloth – English Proverb
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. – English Proverb
Danger and delight grow on one stalk. – English Proverb
Danger is next neighbor to security. – English Proverb
Darkest hour is just before the dawn – English Proverb
Dead men tell no tale. – English Proverb
Dead news, like dead love, has no phoenix in its ashes. – English Proverb
Deal gently with the bird you mean to catch. – English Proverb
Death always comes too early or too late. – English Proverb
Death closes all doors. – English Proverb
Death devours lambs as well as sheep. – English Proverb
Death is a shadow that always follows the body. – English Proverb
Death keeps no calendar. – English Proverb
Death pays all debts. – English Proverb
Death pays all debts. – English Proverb
Debts remain from day to day. – English Proverb
Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves. – English Proverb
Deeds are fruits, words are leaves. – English Proverb
Deep calls to deep. – English Proverb
Delays are dangerous. – English Proverb
Delays are not denials. – English Proverb
Desire is nourished by delay. – English Proverb
Despair doubles our strength. – English Proverb
Despair gives courage to a coward. – English Proverb
Desperate cuts must have desperate cures. – English Proverb
Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies. – English Proverb
Desperate times call for desperate measures. – English Proverb
Devil is in the details – English Proverb
Devil looks after his own – English Proverb
Devil makes work for idle hands to do – English Proverb
Devil take the hindmost – English Proverb
Different sores must have different salves. – English Proverb
Different strokes for different folks. – English Proverb
Diligent youth makes easy age. – English Proverb
Discretion in speech is more important than eloquence. – English Proverb
Discretion is the greater part of valor. – English Proverb
Disease is soon shaken By physic soon taken. – English Proverb
Diseases are the interest of pleasures. – English Proverb
Diseases come on horseback, but steal away on foot. – English Proverb
Distance lends enchantment to the view. – English Proverb
Do as I say, not as I do. – English Proverb
Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee. – English Proverb
Do as you would be done by. – English Proverb
Do not add oil to the fire. – English Proverb
Do not all you can; spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know. – English Proverb
Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie. – English Proverb
Do not climb the hill until you get to it. – English Proverb
Do not dwell in a city where a horse does not neigh nor a dog bark. – English Proverb
Do not fall before you are pushed. – English Proverb
Do not halloo until you are out of the wood. – English Proverb
Do not make me kiss and you will not make me sin. – English Proverb
Do not meet troubles half-way. – English Proverb
Do not play with edged tools. – English Proverb
Do not think that one enemy is insignificant, or that a thousand friends are too many. – English Proverb
Do not triumph before the victory. – English Proverb
Do on the hill as you would do in the hall. – English Proverb
Do or die. – English Proverb
Do the thing you fear, the death of fear is certain. – English Proverb
Do unto others as you would have them do to you – English Proverb
Do unto others as you would they should do unto you. – English Proverb
Do when ye may, or suffer ye the nay, in love ’tis the way. – English Proverb
Doctors make the worst patients. – English Proverb
Dog is a man’s best friend – English Proverb
Dogs wags their tails, not as much to you as to your bread. – English Proverb
Don’t bark if you can’t bite. – English Proverb
Don’t bite off more than you can chew. – English Proverb
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you. – English Proverb
Don’t burn the candle at both ends. – English Proverb
Don’t burn your bridges before they’re crossed. – English Proverb
Don’t burn your bridges behind you – English Proverb
Don’t cast your pearls before swine – English Proverb
Don’t change horses in midstream. – English Proverb
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched – English Proverb
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. – English Proverb
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. – English Proverb
Don’t cross a bridge before you come to it. – English Proverb
Don’t cross a bridge until you come to it. – English Proverb
Don’t cross the bridge till you get to it. – English Proverb
Don’t cross your bridges before you come to them. – English Proverb
Don’t cry over spilt milk. – English Proverb
Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face. – English Proverb
Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork. – English Proverb
Don’t do all you can, spend all you have, believe all you hear, or tell all you know. – English Proverb
Don’t drown the man who taught you to swim. – English Proverb
Don’t fall before you’re pushed. – English Proverb
Don’t get mad, get even – English Proverb
Don’t give up in the face of adversity. – English Proverb
Don’t go between the tree and the bark. – English Proverb
Don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim. – English Proverb
Don’t halt before you are lame. – English Proverb
Don’t have too many irons in the fire. – English Proverb
Don’t judge a book by its cover. – English Proverb
Don’t judge a man until you have walked a mile in his boots. – English Proverb
Don’t keep a dog and bark yourself – English Proverb
Don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. – English Proverb
Don’t leave your manners on the doorstep – English Proverb
Don’t let the bastards grind you down – English Proverb
Don’t let the cat out of the bag – English Proverb
Don’t let the grass grow under your feet – English Proverb
Don’t lock the stable door after the horse is stolen. – English Proverb
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. – English Proverb
Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. – English Proverb
Don’t make clothes for a not yet born baby. – English Proverb
Don’t make the same mistake twice. – English Proverb
Don’t meet trouble halfway. – English Proverb
Don’t meet troubles half-way – English Proverb
Don’t mend what ain’t broken. – English Proverb
Don’t mix business with pleasure – English Proverb
Don’t put new wine into old bottles – English Proverb
Don’t put the cart before the horse. – English Proverb
Don’t reckon with your host. – English Proverb
Don’t rock the boat – English Proverb
Don’t shoot the messenger – English Proverb
Don’t shut the barn door after the horse is stolen. – English Proverb
Don’t shut the stable door after the horse has bolted – English Proverb
Don’t spit into the wind. – English Proverb
Don’t spoil the ship for a halfpenny of tar. – English Proverb
Don’t spoil the ship for a ha’porth of tar – English Proverb
Don’t sweat the small stuff – English Proverb
Don’t talk the talk if you can’t walk the walk. – English Proverb
Don’t teach your Grandma to suck eggs – English Proverb
Don’t think to hunt two hares with one hound. – English Proverb
Don’t throw good money after bad – English Proverb
Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. – English Proverb
Don’t throw pearls to swine – English Proverb
Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. – English Proverb
Don’t trudge mud into the house of love. – English Proverb
Don’t trust anyone over thirty – English Proverb
Don’t trust the Greek bearing gifts. – English Proverb
Don’t try to reinvent the wheel. – English Proverb
Don’t try to run before you can walk – English Proverb
Don’t try to walk before you can crawl – English Proverb
Don’t upset the apple-cart – English Proverb
Don’t use your hairdryer in the shower, you prat. – English Proverb
Don’t wash your dirty linen in public. – English Proverb
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom. – English Proverb
Drive your business, do not let it drive you. – English Proverb
Drowning man will clutch at a straw – English Proverb
Drumming is not the way to catch a hare. – English Proverb
Dwarf on a giant’s shoulder sees farther of the two. – English Proverb
Each cross has its own inscription. – English Proverb
Each to their own – English Proverb
Eagles don’t catch flies. – English Proverb
Eagles fly alone. – English Proverb
Early bird catches the worm – English Proverb
Early bird gets the worm. – English Proverb
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. – English Proverb
Early to rise early to bed makes a man socialy dead. – English Proverb
Earth produces all things and receives all again. – English Proverb
Easier said than done. – English Proverb
East is east, and west is west – English Proverb
East or West, home is best. – English Proverb
East, west, home’s best – English Proverb
Easter so longed for is gone in a day. – English Proverb
Easy come, easy go. – English Proverb
Easy to be wise after the event – English Proverb
Eat leeks in march, garlic in may, all the rest of the year the doctors may play. – English Proverb
Eat not cherries with the great. – English Proverb
Eat to live, don’t live to eat. – English Proverb
Eat when you’re hungry, and drink when you’re dry. – English Proverb
Eat your own dog food. – English Proverb
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die – English Proverb
Eat, drink, be merry, for tomorrow we die. – English Proverb
Eavesdroppers hear no good of themselves. – English Proverb
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. – English Proverb
Education is a subversive activity. – English Proverb
Eggs and oaths are soon broken. – English Proverb
Elbow grease is the best polish. – English Proverb
Empty barrels make the most sound. – English Proverb
Empty vessels make the greatest sound. – English Proverb
Empty vessels make the most noise – English Proverb
Empty vessels make the most sound. – English Proverb
End justifies the means – English Proverb
English are a nation of shopkeepers – English Proverb
Englishman’s home is his castle – English Proverb
Enjoy the present day, trusting little to what tomorrow may bring. – English Proverb
Enjoy your little while the fool is seeking for more. – English Proverb
Enough is as good as a feast – English Proverb
Enough is enough – English Proverb
Envy shoots at others and wounds itself. – English Proverb
Eternity has no grey hairs. – English Proverb
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. – English Proverb
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. – English Proverb
Even a worm will turn. – English Proverb
Ever since we wear clothes, we know not each other. – English Proverb
Every ass loves to hear himself bray. – English Proverb
Every bean hath its black. – English Proverb
Every cloud has a silver lining. – English Proverb
Every coin has two sides. – English Proverb
Every day is a new beginning. – English Proverb
Every disease will have its course. – English Proverb
Every dog hath its day. – English Proverb
Every dog is entitled to one bite. – English Proverb
Every fool is pleased with his own folly. – English Proverb
Every garden may have some weeds. – English Proverb
Every little helps. – English Proverb
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost – English Proverb
Every man has a price. – English Proverb
Every man has his price. – English Proverb
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. – English Proverb
Every man thinks his own geese swans. – English Proverb
Every one thinks his sack heaviest. – English Proverb
Every path has its puddle. – English Proverb
Every picture tells a story – English Proverb
Every rose has its thorn. – English Proverb
Every rule has its exception. – English Proverb
Every stick has two ends – English Proverb
Every why has a wherefore. – English Proverb
Everyone is weary: the poor in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning. – English Proverb
Everyone must row with the oars they have. – English Proverb
Everyone puts his fault on the times. – English Proverb
Everyone talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. – English Proverb
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die – English Proverb
Everyone’s business is no one’s business. – English Proverb
Everything comes to him who waits. – English Proverb
Everything has its time. – English Proverb
Everything’s eventual. – English Proverb
Evil be to him who thinks it. – English Proverb
Evil begets evil. – English Proverb
Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches. – English Proverb
Evildoers are evil dreaders. – English Proverb
Examine well the counsel that favours your desire. – English Proverb
Example is better than correction. – English Proverb
Exception which proves the rule – English Proverb
Experience is the best teacher. – English Proverb
Experience is the mistress of fools. – English Proverb
Experience is the mother of knowledge. – English Proverb
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. – English Proverb
Eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth – English Proverb
Eyes are bigger than your belly. – English Proverb
Fact is stranger than fiction. – English Proverb
Facts are stubborn things. – English Proverb
Failing to plan is planning to fail – English Proverb
Failure is the stepping stone for success. – English Proverb
Faint heart never won fair lady. – English Proverb
Fair exchange is no robbery. – English Proverb
Fair play’s a jewel. – English Proverb
Faith sees by the ears. – English Proverb
Faith will move mountains. – English Proverb
Faith without works is dead. – English Proverb
False friends are worse than open enemies. – English Proverb
Fame is a magnifying glass. – English Proverb
Familiarity breeds contempt. – English Proverb
Fancy passes beauty. – English Proverb
Far fowls have fair feathers. – English Proverb
Far from court, far from care. – English Proverb
Far from eye, far from heart. – English Proverb
Fat is in the fire – English Proverb
Faults are thick where love is thin. – English Proverb
Favour will surely perish as life. – English Proverb
Fear lends wings. – English Proverb
Fear not the loss of the bell more than the loss of the steeple. – English Proverb
Fear the man of one book. – English Proverb
Feed a cold and starve a fever. – English Proverb
Female of the species is more deadly than the male – English Proverb
Few are fit to be entrusted with themselves. – English Proverb
Fight fire with fire. – English Proverb
Fight the good fight – English Proverb
Finders keepers, losers weepers. – English Proverb
Fine feathers make fine birds. – English Proverb
Fine words butter no parsnips. – English Proverb
Fire is a good servant but a bad master – English Proverb
Fire is love and water sorrow. – English Proverb
Fire, quoth the fox, when he pissed on the ice. – English Proverb
First come, first served. – English Proverb
First deserve, and then desire. – English Proverb
First deserve, then desire. – English Proverb
First impressions are the most lasting. – English Proverb
First things first. – English Proverb
First try and then trust. – English Proverb
Fish always stink from the head down – English Proverb
Fish and guests smell after three days – English Proverb
Fish and visitors smell in three days. – English Proverb
Flattery will get you nowhere – English Proverb
Fly that pleasure which pains afterward. – English Proverb
Follow glory and it will flee, flee glory and it will follow thee. – English Proverb
Fool and his money are soon parted – English Proverb
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. – English Proverb
Fools and children tell the truth. – English Proverb
Fools are weatherwise, and those that are weatherwise are seldom otherwise. – English Proverb
Fools build houses and wise men live in them. – English Proverb
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them. – English Proverb
Fools gawp at masterpieces – wise men set out to outdo masterpieces. – English Proverb
Fools live poor to die rich. – English Proverb
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. – English Proverb
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down. – English Proverb
For a morning rain leave not your journey. – English Proverb
For every fog in march there’s a frost in may. – English Proverb
For everything there is a season – English Proverb
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. – English Proverb
For want of a nail a kingdom was lost. – English Proverb
For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. – English Proverb
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost – English Proverb
For whom does the blind man’s wife paint herself? – English Proverb
Forbidden fruit is the sweetest. – English Proverb
Forced put is no choice. – English Proverb
Forewarned is fore armed. – English Proverb
Forewarned, forearmed. – English Proverb
Forgive and forget. – English Proverb
Fortune favors the bold. – English Proverb
Fortune favors the brave. – English Proverb
Fortune is blind. – English Proverb
Foul water will quench fire. – English Proverb
Fourty Two is the answer. – English Proverb
Fresh pork and new wine kill a man before his time. – English Proverb
Fretting cares make grey hairs. – English Proverb
Friend in need is a friend indeed – English Proverb
Friends are like centipedes, they have many legs when work needs to be done. – English Proverb
Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. – English Proverb
Friends are thieves of time. – English Proverb
Friends tie thier purse with a cobweb thread. – English Proverb
From a choleric man withdraw a little; from him that says nothing for ever. – English Proverb
From big oaks little acorns grow. – English Proverb
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step – English Proverb
From those to whom much is given, much is expected. – (Luke 12:48)
Full of courtesy, full of craft. – English Proverb
Garbage in, garbage out. – English Proverb
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains – English Proverb
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration. – English Proverb
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration – English Proverb
Give a dog a bad name and hang him. – English Proverb
Give a dog a bad name and he’ll live up to it. – English Proverb
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. – English Proverb
Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day… – English Proverb
Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself. – English Proverb
Give a nigger an inch and he’ll take an ell. – English Proverb
Give and take is fair play. – English Proverb
Give credit where credit is due. – English Proverb
Give her bells and let her fly. – English Proverb
Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard. – English Proverb
Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it. – English Proverb
Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. – English Proverb
Give the devil his due. – English Proverb
Give, and ye shall receive. – English Proverb
Gluttony kills more than the sword. – English Proverb
Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot. – English Proverb
Go abroad and you’ll hear news of home. – English Proverb
Go the extra mile – English Proverb
Go with the flow. – English Proverb
God blesses a drunk. – English Proverb
God comes at last when we think he is furthest off. – English Proverb
God cures and the physician takes the fee. – English Proverb
God gives his anger by weight, but his pity without measure. – English Proverb
God gives the milk but not the pail. – English Proverb
God heals, and the doctor takes the fee. – English Proverb
God help the rich man, let the poor man beg!- English Proverb
God help the rich, the poor can look after themselves. – English Proverb
God helps the rich, the poor can beg. – English Proverb
God helps them that help themselves. – English Proverb
God is better pleased with adverbs than with nouns. – English Proverb
God is dead. – English Proverb
God is on the side of the strongest battalions. – English Proverb
God is, and all is well. – English Proverb
God looks to clean hands, not to full ones. – English Proverb
God never sends mouths but he sends meat. – English Proverb
God promises a safe landing, but not a calm passage. – English Proverb
God sends fortune to fools. – English Proverb
God works in mysterious ways. – English Proverb
God’s a good man. – William Shakespeare
Goes without saying – English Proverb
Gold is part of a plot. – English Proverb
Golden key can open any door – English Proverb
Good beginning makes a good ending – English Proverb
Good blood always shows itself. – English Proverb
Good clothes open all doors. – English Proverb
Good company on the road is the shortest cut. – English Proverb
Good die young – English Proverb
Good eating deserves good drinking. – English Proverb
Good eating deserveth good drinking. – English Proverb
Good fences make good neighbours. – English Proverb
Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from poor judgement. – English Proverb
Good laws have sprung from bad customs. – English Proverb
Good men are hard to find. – English Proverb
Good men are scarce. – English Proverb
Good men suffer much. – English Proverb
Good riding at two anchors, men have told, for if the one fails, the other may hold. – English Proverb
Good swimmers are often drowned. – English Proverb
Good talk saves the food – English Proverb
Good things come in small packages. – English Proverb
Good things come to those who wait. – English Proverb
Good to begin well, better to end well. – English Proverb
Good wine needs no bush. – English Proverb
Good words cool more than cold water. – English Proverb
Goose, gander and gosling are three sounds but one thing. – English Proverb
Grasp all, lose all. – English Proverb
Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence – English Proverb
Gray hairs are death’s blossoms. – English Proverb
Gray hairs are death’s early blossoms. – English Proverb
Great events cast their shadows before them. – English Proverb
Great minds agree. – English Proverb
Great minds think alike – English Proverb
Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ. – English Proverb
Great oaks from little acorns grow. – English Proverb
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. – English Proverb
Green leaves and brown leaves fall from the same tree. – English Proverb
Grow where you are planted. – English Proverb
Habbit is a second nature. – English Proverb
Hair of the dog that bit you. – English Proverb
Half a loaf is better than no bread. – English Proverb
Half a loaf is better than none. – English Proverb
Half the world does not know how the other half lives. – English Proverb
Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world – English Proverb
Handsome is as handsome does. – English Proverb
Handsome is that handsome does. – English Proverb
Hang a thief when he’s young, and he’ll no’ steal when he’s old. – English Proverb
Happy is the bride the sun shines on. – English Proverb
Happy is the country which has no history. – English Proverb
Happy wife, happy life. – English Proverb
Hard cases make bad law. – English Proverb
Hard words break no bones. – English Proverb
Hard work never did anyone any harm – English Proverb
Haste makes waste. – English Proverb
Hasty climbers have sudden falls. – English Proverb
Hasty judgment leads to repentance. – English Proverb
Have not want not. – English Proverb
Have you any Spanish? – English Proverb
Hawks will not pick out Hawk’s eyes. – English Proverb
He begins to die that quits his desires. – English Proverb
He complains wrongfully at the sea that suffer shipwreck twice. – English Proverb
He dances well to whom fortune pipes. – English Proverb
He declares himself guilty who justifies himself before accusation. – English Proverb
He gains a good deal who loses a vain hope. – English Proverb
He gives twice who gives in a trice. – English Proverb
He had need rise early who would please everybody. – English Proverb
He hath good judgement that relieth not wholly on his own. – English Proverb
He helps little that helps not himself. – English Proverb
He is a fool that forgets himself. – English Proverb
He is a fool that kisseth the maid when he may kiss the mistress. – English Proverb
He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who will not. – English Proverb
He is lifeless that is faultless. – English Proverb
He is my friend that succoreth me, not he that pitieth me. – English Proverb
He is my friend who grinds at my mill. – English Proverb
He is not wise that is not wise for himself. – English Proverb
He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes. – English Proverb
He is wise that has wit enough for his own affairs. – English Proverb
He is wise that is ware in time. – English Proverb
He is worth his weight in gold. – English Proverb
He laughs best who laughs last. – English Proverb
He makes a rod for his own back. – English Proverb
He must have leave to speak who cannot hold his tongue. – English Proverb
He opens the door with an ax. – English Proverb
He preaches well that lives well. – English Proverb
He quits his place well that leaves his friend there. – English Proverb
He that after sinning mends, recommends himself to god. – English Proverb
He that asketh a courtesy promiseth a kindness. – English Proverb
He that blames would buy. – English Proverb
He that blows in the dust fills his eyes with it. – English Proverb
He that brings good news, knocks hard. – English Proverb
He that bulls the cow must keep the calf. – English Proverb
He that buyeth magistracy will seek justice. – English Proverb
He that can have patience can have what he will. – English Proverb
He that cannot beat the horse beats the saddle. – English Proverb
He that cannot obey cannot command. – English Proverb
He that cheateth in small things is a fool, but in great things is a rogue. – English Proverb
He that does amiss may do well. – English Proverb
He that endures is not overcome. – English Proverb
He that enquires all opinions, comes ill speed. – English Proverb
He that fights and runs away, lives to fight another day. – English Proverb
He that gapes until he be fed, well may he gape till he be dead. – English Proverb
He that gets forgets, but he that wants thinks on. – English Proverb
He that gives to a grateful man puts out to usury. – English Proverb
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing – English Proverb
He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns. – English Proverb
He that has no charity deserves no mercy. – English Proverb
He that has no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning. – English Proverb
He that has no good trade, it is to his loss. – English Proverb
He that has the spice, may season as he list. – English Proverb
He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun. – English Proverb
He that hath no children doth bring them up well. – English Proverb
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good. – English Proverb
He that is angry is seldom at ease. – English Proverb
He that is angry without a cause shall be pleased without amends. – English Proverb
He that is at ease seeks dainties. – English Proverb
He that is fallen cannot help him that is down. – English Proverb
He that is once born, once must die. – English Proverb
He that is too proud to ask is too good to receive. – English Proverb
He that is warm thinks all are so. – English Proverb
He that knows nothing, doubts nothing. – English Proverb
He that knows thee will never buy thee. – English Proverb
He that labours is tempted by one devil; he that is idle is tempted by a thousand. – English Proverb
He that laughs when he is alone will make sport in company. – English Proverb
He that leaves certainty and sticks to chance, – English Proverb
He that lives in a glass house must not throw stones. – English Proverb
He that lives in hope dances to an ill tune. – English Proverb
He that lives most dies most. – English Proverb
He that lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon. – English Proverb
He that makes a good war, makes a good peace. – English Proverb
He that marries ere he be wise, will die ere he thrive. – English Proverb
He that marries late marries ill. – English Proverb
He that nothing questions, nothing learns. – English Proverb
He that pities another remembers himself. – English Proverb
He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses. – English Proverb
He that plants trees loves others besides himself. – English Proverb
He that plays with cats must expect to be scratched. – English Proverb
He that seeks a horse or a wife without fault, has neither steed in his stable nor angel in his bed. – English Proverb
He that seeks trouble always finds it. – English Proverb
He that seeks trouble never misses. – English Proverb
He that serves at the altar ought to live by the altar. – English Proverb
He that shippeth the devil must make the best of him. – English Proverb
He that sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind. – English Proverb
He that sows trusts in god. – English Proverb
He that speaks ill of the mare would buy her. – English Proverb
He that stays in the valley will not get over the hill. – English Proverb
He that stays in the valley, shall never get over the hill. – English Proverb
He that steals an egg will steal an ox. – English Proverb
He that swells in prosperity will shrink in adversity. – English Proverb
He that talks to himself, speaks to a fool. – English Proverb
He that touched pitch will be defiled. – English Proverb
He that waits on another man’s trencher, makes many a late dinner. – English Proverb
He that walketh with the virtuous is one of them. – English Proverb
He that will be rich before night, may be hanged before noon. – English Proverb
He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding. – English Proverb
He that will not when he may, when he will he may have nay. – English Proverb
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox. – English Proverb
He that will take the bird must not scare it. – English Proverb
He that will thrive must first ask his wife. – English Proverb
He that will to Cupar maun to Cupar. – English Proverb
He that would be old long, must be old betimes. – English Proverb
He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut. – English Proverb
He that would hang his dog gives out first that he is mad. – English Proverb
He that would the daughter win Must with the mother first begin. – English Proverb
He that’s a wise man by day is no fool by night. – English Proverb
He wha lives on hope will die fasting. – English Proverb
He who builds by the roadside has many masters. – English Proverb
He who can does, he who cannot, teaches. – English Proverb
He who does not advance goes backwards. – English Proverb
He who eats until he is ill must fast until he is well. – English Proverb
He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day. – English Proverb
He who has an art has everywhere a part. – English Proverb
He who has carried the calf will be able by and by to carry the ox. – English Proverb
He who has daughters is always a shepherd. – English Proverb
He who has no charity, deserves no mercy. – English Proverb
He who hesitates is lost. – English Proverb
He who is not with me is against me. – English Proverb
He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on Neptune. – English Proverb
He who killeth the lion when absent feareth a mouse when present. – English Proverb
He who last, lasts, laughs last. – English Proverb
He who laughs last laughs best. – English Proverb
He who laughs last, laughs longest. – English Proverb
He who lives according to nature will never be poor, and he who lives according to opinion will never be rich. – English Proverb
He who lives by the sword dies by the sword. – English Proverb
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword. – English Proverb
He who pays the piper calls the tune. – English Proverb
He who pays the piper may call the tune. – English Proverb
He who says what he likes will hear what he does not like. – English Proverb
He who sleeps forgets his hunger. – English Proverb
He who sups with the devil has need of a long spoon. – English Proverb
He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon – English Proverb
He who treats himself has a fool for a patient. – English Proverb
He who works begins well; he who economises ends better. – English Proverb
He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom. – English Proverb
He who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind. – English Proverb
Health is better than wealth. – English Proverb
Health is not valued till sickness comes. – English Proverb
Health is wealth. – English Proverb
Hear all, see all, say nowt, tak’ all, keep all, gie nowt, and if tha ever does owt for nowt do it for thysen – English Proverb
Hear twice before you speak once. – English Proverb
Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor Hell a fury like a woman scorned. – English Proverb
Heaven protects children, sailors and drunken men. – English Proverb
Hell has no fury like a woman scorned. – English Proverb
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. – English Proverb
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. – William Shakespeare
Help a lame dog over a stile. – English Proverb
Here’s a list of most of the commonly-used English proverbs, with links to the meaning and origin of many of them. – English Proverb
Heresy is the school of pride. – English Proverb
He’s all hat and no cattle. – English Proverb
He’s an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers. – English Proverb
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty. – English Proverb
His bark is worse than his bite. – English Proverb
His fore feet though you sever, his grip he’ll make good. – English Proverb
History never repeats itself, but it does rhyme. – English Proverb
History repeats itself. – English Proverb
Hold with the hare and run with the hounds – You can’t – English Proverb
Home is home, though it be never so homely. – English Proverb
Home is where the heart is. – English Proverb
Home is where you hang your hat. – English Proverb
Home sweet home. – English Proverb
Honesty is the best policy. – English Proverb
Honey catches more flies than vinegar. – English Proverb
Honor follows those who flee from it. – English Proverb
Honour among thieves – English Proverb
Honour buys no beef. – English Proverb
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. – English Proverb
Hope for the best, expect the worst. – English Proverb
Hope is grief’s best music. – English Proverb
Hope is life. – English Proverb
Hope often deludes the foolish man. – English Proverb
Hope springs eternal – English Proverb
Horses for courses – English Proverb
House divided against itself cannot stand – English Proverb
House is not a home – English Proverb
How can the foal amble if the horse and mare trot? – English Proverb
However far a man goes, he must start from his own door. – English Proverb
Human blood is all of a color. – English Proverb
Hunger drives the wolf out of the woods. – English Proverb
Hunger is the best sauce. – English Proverb
Hunger is the best spice. – English Proverb
Hunger makes good kitchen. – English Proverb
Husband is always the last to know – English Proverb
I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself. – English Proverb
I know my price. – William Shakespeare
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. – Nathan Hale
Idle brains are the devil’s workshop. – English Proverb
Idle folks have the least leisure. – English Proverb
Idle hands are the devil’s playthings. – English Proverb
If a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. – English Proverb
If a man deceive me once, shame on him; but if he deceive me twice, shame on me. – English Proverb
If anything can go wrong, it will. – English Proverb
If at first you don’t succeed try, try and try again – English Proverb
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. – English Proverb
If every bird take back its own feathers, you’ll be naked. – English Proverb
If fortune favours, beware of being exalted; if fortune thunders, beware of being overwhelmed. – English Proverb
If God had meant us to fly he’d have given us wings – English Proverb
If he deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me. – English Proverb
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there’d be no work for tinkers – English Proverb
If ignorance is bliss, why aren’t more people happy? – English Proverb
If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it. – English Proverb
If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it probably needed fixing anyway. – English Proverb
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. – English Proverb
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. – English Proverb
If it were not for the belly, the back might wear gold. – English Proverb
If it’s not one thing it’s another. – English Proverb
If life deals you lemons, make lemonade – English Proverb
If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy. – English Proverb
If one sheep leaps over the ditch all the rest will follow. – English Proverb
If something can go wrong, it will. – English Proverb
If something is worth doing, then it’s worth doing right. – English Proverb
If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. – English Proverb
If the brain sows not corn, it plants thistles. – English Proverb
If the cap fits, wear it. – English Proverb
If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain. – English Proverb
If the mountain won’t come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain – English Proverb
If the old dog barks, he gives counsel. – English Proverb
If the shoe fits, wear it. – English Proverb
If thou canst not see the bottom, wade not. – English Proverb
If thou hast not a capon, feed on an onion. – English Proverb
If thou seest ought amiss, mend it in thyself. – English Proverb
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. – English Proverb
If wishes were horses, then beggers would ride, but you better not think about going outside. – English Proverb
If words could only speak, they’d mean even less. – English Proverb
If you always say If you always say “No’, you’ll never be married. – English Proverb
If you build it they will come – English Proverb
If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly. – English Proverb
If you buy quality, you only cry once. – English Proverb
If you cannot bite, never show your teeth. – English Proverb
If you can’t be good, be careful. – English Proverb
If you can’t beat em, join em – English Proverb
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. – English Proverb
If you can’t beat them, join them. – English Proverb
If you can’t join them, beat them. – English Proverb
If you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen. – English Proverb
If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. – English Proverb
If you don’t love yourself with passion, you’ll love others with it. Passion is conserved. – English Proverb
If you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn. – English Proverb
If you got it, flaunt it. – English Proverb
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you. – English Proverb
If you have no enemies it is a sign that fortune has forgotten you. – English Proverb
If you keep your mouth shut, you won’t put your foot in it. – English Proverb
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas – English Proverb
If you lie down with dogs, you’ll get up with fleas. – English Proverb
If you make songs about yourself, you can’t blame other people for singing them. – English Proverb
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys – English Proverb
If you play with fire you get burnt. – English Proverb
If you rock the cradle empty, then you shall have babies plenty. – English Proverb
If you run after two hares you will catch neither. – English Proverb
If you sell your purse to your wife, give your trousers into the bargain. – English Proverb
If you snooze you lose. – English Proverb
If you sup with the devil, use a long spoon. – English Proverb
If you swear you will catch no fish. – English Proverb
If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die. – English Proverb
If you want a thing done right, do it yourself. – English Proverb
If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing. – English Proverb
If you want a thing well done, do it yourself. – English Proverb
If you want enemies excel others, if you want friends let others excel you. – English Proverb
If you want peace, prepare for war. – English Proverb
If you want peace, you must prepare for war. – English Proverb
If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. – English Proverb
If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; if you want to be happy for life, plant a tree. – English Proverb
If you want to be loved, be loveable. – English Proverb
If you were born to be shot, you’ll never be hung. – English Proverb
If you will learn news, you must go to the oven or the mill. – English Proverb
If you would be happy for a week, take a wife; if you would be happy for a month, kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life, plant a garden. – English Proverb
If you yourself can do it, attend no other’s help or hand. – English Proverb
If you’re in a hole, stop digging. – English Proverb
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. – English Proverb
If youth knew what age would crave, it would both get and save. – English Proverb
Ignorance is bliss. – English Proverb
Ignorance is the mother of superstition. – English Proverb
Ill comes often on the back of worse. – English Proverb
I’ll hear it from the horse’s mouth. – English Proverb
Ill luck is good for something. – English Proverb
Imitation is the highest form of flattery. – English Proverb
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery – English Proverb
In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. – English Proverb
In a cat’s eye, all things belong to cats. – English Proverb
In at one ear and out at the other. – English Proverb
In every beginning, think of the end. – English Proverb
In every country dogs bite. – English Proverb
In for a penny in for a pound. – English Proverb
In for a penny, in for a pound. – English Proverb
In many words, the truth goes by. – English Proverb
In the deepest water is the best fishing. – English Proverb
In the end, a man’s motives are second to his accomplishments. – English Proverb
In the eyes of the lover, pock-marks are dimples. – English Proverb
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king – English Proverb
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. – English Proverb
In the midst of life we are in death – English Proverb
In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish. – English Proverb
In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, In times of adversity, not one in twenty. – English Proverb
Injuries we write in marble, kindnesses in dust. – English Proverb
Innocent actions carry their warrant with them. – English Proverb
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results. – English Proverb
Interpretation: If you are going to do something, do it right. – English Proverb
Into every life a little rain must fall – English Proverb
Iron sharpens iron. – English Proverb
Is there no mean but fast or feast? – English Proverb
It ain’t over till it’s over. – English Proverb
It ain’t over till the fat lady sings. – English Proverb
It goes without saying – English Proverb
It is a bold mouse that nestles in the cat’s ear. – English Proverb
It is a good wind that blows a man to the wine. – English Proverb
It is a great point of wisdom to find out one’s own folly. – English Proverb
It is a poor wood that has never a withered bough in it. – English Proverb
It is a proud horse that will not bear his own provender. – English Proverb
It is a sin against hospitality to open the doors and shut up the countenance. – English Proverb
It is a sorry flock where the ewe bears the bell. – English Proverb
It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. – English Proverb
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. – English Proverb
It is at courts as it is in ponds; some fish, some frogs. – English Proverb
It is best to be on the safe side. – English Proverb
It is better to be a beggar than a fool. – English Proverb
It is better to be born lucky than rich. – English Proverb
It is better to begin in the evening than not at all. – English Proverb
It is better to conceal one’s knowledge than to reveal one’s ignorance. – English Proverb
It is better to die on one’s feet than live on one’s knees. – English Proverb
It is better to give than to receive. – English Proverb
It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to hoard it like a miser. – English Proverb
It is better to murder during time of plague. – English Proverb
It is easy to be wise after the event. – English Proverb
It is folly to sing twice to a deaf man. – English Proverb
It is good sheltering under an old hedge. – English Proverb
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell. – English Proverb
It is good to marry late or never. – English Proverb
It is hard to pay for porridge that has been eaten. – English Proverb
It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell. – English Proverb
It is height makes Grantham steeple stand awry. – English Proverb
It is ill fishing before the net. – English Proverb
It is ill jesting with sharp tools. – English Proverb
It is ill prizing of green barley. – English Proverb
It is ill sitting at Rome and striving against the Pope. – English Proverb
It is no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure. – English Proverb
It is no time to stoop when the head is off. – English Proverb
It is no use crying over spilt milk. – English Proverb
It is not the beard that makes the philosopher. – English Proverb
It is not what is he, but what has he. – English Proverb
It is not what you say, it is the way you say it. – English Proverb
It is not wise to open old wounds. – English Proverb
It is not work that kills, but worry. – English Proverb
It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. – English Proverb
It is pride, not nature, that craves much. – English Proverb
It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone. – English Proverb
It is sin to steal a pin. – English Proverb
It is the early bird that gets the worm. – English Proverb
It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back. – English Proverb
It is the quiet pigs that eat the meal. – English Proverb
It is too late to call back yesterday. – English Proverb
It isn’t a fit night out for man nor beast. – English Proverb
It never rains, but it pours. – English Proverb
It pays to pay attention. – English Proverb
It should be better to blame friends at a distance. – English Proverb
It takes a thief to catch a thief – English Proverb
It takes a village to raise a child. – English Proverb
It takes all sorts of people to make a world. – English Proverb
It takes all sorts to make a world. – English Proverb
It takes great wisdom to play the fool. – English Proverb
It takes one to know one – English Proverb
It takes three generations to make a gentleman. – Robert Peel
It takes two blows to make a battle. – English Proverb
It takes two to lie, one to lie and one to listen. – English Proverb
It takes two to make a quarrel. – English Proverb
It takes two to tango. – English Proverb
It was probably a waste of time anyway. – English Proverb
It was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. – English Proverb
It will be all the same in a hundred years. – English Proverb
It’s a cracked pitcher that goes oftenest to the well. – English Proverb
It’s a good horse that never stumbles. – English Proverb
It’s a long lane that has no turning. – English Proverb
It’s all grist to the mill – English Proverb
It’s an ill bird that fouls its own nest. – English Proverb
It’s an ill wind that blows no good. – English Proverb
It’s an ill wind that blows no one any good – English Proverb
It’s best to be on the safe side – English Proverb
It’s better to give than to receive. – English Proverb
It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. – English Proverb
It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness – English Proverb
It’s better to travel hopefully than to arrive – English Proverb
It’s easy to be wise after the event. – English Proverb
It’s good to have some friends both in heaven and hell. – English Proverb
It’s never too late – English Proverb
It’s never too late to mend. – English Proverb
It’s no use crying over spilt milk. – English Proverb
It’s no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted – English Proverb
It’s not over till it’s over. – English Proverb
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog. – English Proverb
It’s often a person’s mouth broke their nose. – English Proverb
It’s safer to commend the dead than the living. – English Proverb
It’s the early bird that catches the worm – English Proverb
It’s the early bird that gets the worm. – English Proverb
It’s the empty can that makes the most noise. – English Proverb
It’s the little things in life that count. – English Proverb
It’s the singer not the song – English Proverb
It’s the squeaky wheel that gets the grease. – English Proverb
It’s too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted. – English Proverb
Jack a dull boy. – English Proverb
Jack is as good as his master. – English Proverb
Jack of all trades and master of none. – English Proverb
Jack of all trades, master of none. – English Proverb
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today. – English Proverb
Joan is as good as my lady in the dark. – English Proverb
Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step – English Proverb
Jove but laughs at lover’s perjury. – English Proverb
Joy shared, joy doubled: sorrow shared, sorrow halved. – English Proverb
Joy was born a twin. – English Proverb
Judge not, lest ye be judged. – English Proverb
Judge not, that ye be not judged – English Proverb
Just do it. – English Proverb
Just go with it. – English Proverb
Justice delayed is justice denied. – English Proverb
Justice pleaseth few in their own house. – English Proverb
Keep a thing seven years and you will always find a use for it. – English Proverb
Keep counsel of thyself first. – English Proverb
Keep counsel, thyself first. – English Proverb
Keep good men company, and you shall be of the number. – English Proverb
Keep it simple, stupid. – KISS
Keep no more cats than catch mice. – English Proverb
Keep something for the sore foot. – English Proverb
Keep your chin up – English Proverb
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. – English Proverb
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open. – English Proverb
Keep your own counsel. – English Proverb
Keep your powder dry – English Proverb
Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs. – English Proverb
Kill two birds with one stone. – English Proverb
Kindle not a fire that you cannot extinguish. – English Proverb
Kindness brings happiness. – English Proverb
Kindness, like grain, increases by sowing. – English Proverb
Kings have many ears and many eyes. – English Proverb
Kisses are keys. – English Proverb
Kisses that are easily obtained are easily forgotten. – English Proverb
Kissing goes by favour. – English Proverb
Knaves and fools divide the world. – English Proverb
Knock and the door will be opened unto you. – English Proverb
Knock on wood. – English Proverb
Know thyself. – English Proverb
Know which side your bread is buttered – English Proverb
Knowledge is power. – English Proverb
Labourer is worthy of his hire – English Proverb
Last ship, best ship. – English Proverb
Late children are early orphans. – English Proverb
Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone. – English Proverb
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone – English Proverb
Laugh before breakfast and you’ll cry before lunch. – English Proverb
Laugh till you cry, sorrow till you die. – English Proverb
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. – English Proverb
Laughter is the best medicine. – English Proverb
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. – English Proverb
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish. – English Proverb
Law governs man, and reason the law. – English Proverb
Law is a lickpenny. – English Proverb
Law is an ass – English Proverb
Laws catch flies but lets hornets go free. – English Proverb
Lead a pig to the Rhine, it remains a pig. – English Proverb
Learn to walk before you run. – English Proverb
Learn weeping and thou shalt gain laughing. – English Proverb
Learning is the eye of the mind. – English Proverb
Learning makes a good man better and a bad man worse. – English Proverb
Learning makes a man fit company for himself as well as for others. – English Proverb
Learning makes people fit company for themselves. – English Proverb
Least said is soonest mended. – English Proverb
Least said, soonest mended. – English Proverb
Leave a great talker in the middle of the street. – English Proverb
Leave no stone unturned. – English Proverb
Lend your money and lose your friend. – English Proverb
Length begets loathing. – English Proverb
Leopard cannot change its spots – English Proverb
Less is more. – English Proverb
Let bygones be bygones – English Proverb
Let every man praise the bridge he goes over. – English Proverb
Let every vat stand upon its own bottom. – William Bullein
Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason. – English Proverb
Let him that pays the reckoning choose the lodging. – English Proverb
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone. – English Proverb
Let my lamp at midnight hour be seen in some high lonely tower. – English Proverb
Let not the sun go down on your wrath – English Proverb
Let sleeping dogs lie. – English Proverb
Let the bait hide the hook. – English Proverb
Let the buyer beware. – English Proverb
Let the dead bury the dead – English Proverb
Let the punishment fit the crime – English Proverb
Let well alone. – English Proverb
Let’s cross that bridge when we come to it. – English Proverb
Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas. – English Proverb
Life and misery began together. – English Proverb
Life begins at forty. – English Proverb
Life imitates art. – English Proverb
Life is just a bowl of cherries. – English Proverb
Life is short and time is swift. – English Proverb
Life is too short (to drink bad wine). – English Proverb
Life is what you make it – English Proverb
Life is what you make of it. – English Proverb
Life liveth not in living, but in liking. – English Proverb
Life’s a bitch and then you marry one. – English Proverb
Life’s a bleach and then you dye. – English Proverb
Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can. – English Proverb
Life’s not all beer and skittles – English Proverb
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place. – English Proverb
Like a red rag to a bull. – English Proverb
Like cures like. – English Proverb
Like father, like son. – English Proverb
Like lavender, grow sweeter as you grow older. – English Proverb
Like water off a duck’s back. – English Proverb
Likeness is the mother of love. – English Proverb
Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. – English Proverb
Little by little and bit by bit. – English Proverb
Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised. – English Proverb
Little intermeddling makes good friends. – English Proverb
Little knowledge is a dangerous thing – English Proverb
Little learning is a dangerous thing – English Proverb
Little of what you fancy does you good – English Proverb
Little pitchers have big ears. – English Proverb
Little strokes fell great oaks. – English Proverb
Little things please little minds. – English Proverb
Live and learn – English Proverb
Live and let die. – English Proverb
Live and let live. – English Proverb
Live by the sword, die by the sword. – English Proverb
Live for today for tomorrow never comes – English Proverb
Live with your friend as if he might become your enemy. – English Proverb
Long absence and guilt can change a friend. – English Proverb
Long absent, soon forgotten. – English Proverb
Long fingers count out money. – English Proverb
Long visits bring short compliments. – English Proverb
Longest journey starts with a single step – English Proverb
Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. – English Proverb
Look before you leap. – English Proverb
Look not a gift horse in the mouth. – English Proverb
Look on the sunny side of life. – English Proverb
Look to yourself when your neighbour’s house is on fire. – English Proverb
Loose lips sink ships. – English Proverb
Lose nothing for want of asking. – English Proverb
Love and ambition admit no fellowship. – English Proverb
Love covers many infirmities. – English Proverb
Love is blind. – English Proverb
Love is full of busy fear. – English Proverb
Love is full of fear. – English Proverb
Love is not finding someone to live with; it’s finding someone whom you can’t live without. – English Proverb
Love is the true reward of love. – English Proverb
Love laughs at locksmiths. – English Proverb
Love lives in cottages as well as in court. – English Proverb
Love makes a good eye squint. – English Proverb
Love makes the world go round – English Proverb
Love me little, love me long. – English Proverb
Love me, love my dog. – English Proverb
Love of money is the root of all evil – English Proverb
Love thy neighbour as thyself – English Proverb
Love will find a way – English Proverb
Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge. – English Proverb
Luck has a slender anchorage – English Proverb
Luck has a slender anchorage. – English Proverb
Luck has but a slender anchorage. – English Proverb
Luck is the idol of the idle. – English Proverb
Maidens should be meek till they be married. – English Proverb
Make haste slowly. – English Proverb
Make hay while the sun shines. – English Proverb
Make love not war. – English Proverb
Make not the door wider than the house. – English Proverb
Make not the sauce till you have caught the fish. – English Proverb
Make not your sail too big for the ballast. – English Proverb
Make not your sail too big for your ballast. – English Proverb
Make the best of a bad bargain. – English Proverb
Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you. – English Proverb
Making a rod for your own back. – English Proverb
Man cannot live by bread alone. – English Proverb
Man does not live by bread alone – English Proverb
Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. – Thomas Browne
Man is known by his friends – English Proverb
Man learns little from success, but much from failure. – English Proverb
Man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client – English Proverb
Man with four balls can’t walk. – English Proverb
Manners make often fortunes. – English Proverb
Manners maketh man. – English Proverb
Manners maketh the man. – English Proverb
Many a cloud has a silver lining. – English Proverb
Many a good cow has an evil calf. – English Proverb
Many a good tune played on an old fiddle – English Proverb
Many a little makes a mickle – English Proverb
Many a mickle makes a muckle. – English Proverb
Many a one for land takes a fool by the hand. – English Proverb
Many a one says well that thinks ill. – English Proverb
Many a slip ‘twixt cup and lip – English Proverb
Many a true word is spoken in jest. – English Proverb
Many are called but few are chosen. – English Proverb
Many can pack the cards that cannot play. – English Proverb
Many dogs may easily worry one hare. – English Proverb
Many drops make a shower. – English Proverb
Many hands make light work. – English Proverb
Many lords, many laws. – English Proverb
Many things are lost for want of asking. – English Proverb
Many women, many words; many geese, many turds. – English Proverb
Many words will not fill a bushel. – English Proverb
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb – English Proverb
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers – English Proverb
Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. – English Proverb
Marriages are made in heaven – English Proverb
Marry in haste repent at leisure. – English Proverb
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure. – English Proverb
Marry in lent, and you’ll learn to repent. – English Proverb
Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you can. – English Proverb
Master your passions or your passions will master you. – English Proverb
May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. – English Proverb
Measure twice, cut once. – English Proverb
Meddle not with another man’s matter. – English Proverb
Medicines be not meat to live by. – English Proverb
Men are not angels. – English Proverb
Men are not measured in inches. – English Proverb
Men get wealth and women keep it. – English Proverb
Men leap over where the hedge is lower. – English Proverb
Men make houses, women make homes. – English Proverb
Men talk only to conceal the mind. – English Proverb
Might is right. – English Proverb
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow – English Proverb
Milk the cow that standeth still. – English Proverb
Mind other men, but most yourself. – English Proverb
Mind what you must live by. – English Proverb
Mind your own business. – English Proverb
Mind your p’s and q’s. – English Proverb
Mind your P’s and Q’s. or British: Mind your manners.””’ – English Proverb
Misery loves company. – English Proverb
Misfortunes come of themselves. – English Proverb
Misfortunes hasten age. – English Proverb
Misfortunes never come singly. – English Proverb
Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot. – English Proverb
Miss is as good as a mile – English Proverb
Moderation in all things – English Proverb
Monday’s child is fair of face – English Proverb
Money begets money. – English Proverb
Money doesn’t grow on trees – English Proverb
Money for old rope. – English Proverb
Money is a good servant, but a bad master. – English Proverb
Money is the root of all evil. – English Proverb
Money isn’t everything – English Proverb
Money makes the mare go. – English Proverb
Money makes the pot boil. – English Proverb
Money makes the world go around. – English Proverb
Money makes the world go round – English Proverb
Money spent on brain is never spent in vain. – English Proverb
Money talks, bullshit walks. – English Proverb
Money talks. – English Proverb
More haste, less speed. – English Proverb
More the merrier – English Proverb
More things change, the more they stay the same – English Proverb
More ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream – English Proverb
Mouth is in gear, brain is in neutral. – English Proverb
Much ado and little help. – English Proverb
Much bran and little meal. – English Proverb
Much bread grows in a winter night. – English Proverb
Much is expected where much is given. – English Proverb
Much travel is needed to ripen a man’s rawness. – English Proverb
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast – English Proverb
Must is a king’s word. – English Proverb
My mind to me is a kingdom. – English Proverb
Name not a rope in his house who hanged himself. – English Proverb
Natural folly is bad enough, but learned folly is intolerable. – English Proverb
Nature abhors a vacuum. – English Proverb
Nature is beyond all teaching. – English Proverb
Nature is the true law. – English Proverb
Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians. – English Proverb
Necessity is the mother of all invention. – English Proverb
Necessity is the mother of invention. – English Proverb
Needs must when the devil drives. – English Proverb
Ne’er cast a clout till May be out. – English Proverb
Never ask pardon before you are accused. – English Proverb
Never choose your women or linen by candlelight. – English Proverb
Never do things by halves. – English Proverb
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. – English Proverb
Never fall out with your bread and butter. – English Proverb
Never give a sucker an even break – English Proverb
Never go to bed on an argument – English Proverb
Never judge a book by its cover – English Proverb
Never judge the book by it’s cover. – English Proverb
Never lay sorrow to your heart when others lay it to their heels. – English Proverb
Never lend that thing you most need. – English Proverb
Never let the right hand know what the left hand is doing. – English Proverb
Never let the sun go down on your anger. – English Proverb
Never lie to your doctor. – English Proverb
Never lie to your lawyer. – English Proverb
Never look a gift horse in the mouth. – English Proverb
Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking. – English Proverb
Never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today. – English Proverb
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. – English Proverb
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. – English Proverb
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today. – English Proverb
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
Never rains but it pours – English Proverb
Never say die. – English Proverb
Never say never. – English Proverb
Never send a boy to do a man’s job. – English Proverb
Never speak ill of the dead – English Proverb
Never step over one duty to perform another. – English Proverb
Never swap horses crossing a stream. – English Proverb
Never tell tales out of school. – English Proverb
Never tell your enemy that your foot aches. – English Proverb
Never too late – English Proverb
Never too old to learn.
Never trouble trouble ’til trouble troubles you. – English Proverb
Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. – English Proverb
Never write what you dare not sign. – English Proverb
Never, Never… allow anyone to persuade you to suspend your common sense. – English Proverb
New brooms sweep clean. – English Proverb
New brooms sweep clear. – English Proverb
New meat begets a new appetite. – English Proverb
Nine tailors make a man – English Proverb
No accounting for tastes – English Proverb
No alchemy like savings. – English Proverb
No barber shaves so close but another finds his work. – English Proverb
No book was so bad, but some good might be got out of it. – English Proverb
No cows, no cares. – English Proverb
No fire without some smoke. – English Proverb
No fool like an old fool – English Proverb
No gain without pain. – English Proverb
No good building without a good foundation. – English Proverb
No hoof, no horse. – English Proverb
No longer foster, no longer friend. – English Proverb
No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil. – English Proverb
No man can play the fool so well as the wise man. – English Proverb
No man can serve two masters. – English Proverb
No man has a worse friend than he brings from home. – English Proverb
No man is an island. – English Proverb
No man is angry that feels not himself hurt. – English Proverb
No man is born into this world, whose work is not born with him. – English Proverb
No man is content with his lot. – English Proverb
No man is indispensable. – English Proverb
No man so wise but he may be deceived. – English Proverb
No man’s religion ever survived his morals. – English Proverb
No mischief but a woman or a priest is at the bottom of it. – English Proverb
No names, no pack-drill – English Proverb
No need of words, trust deeds. – English Proverb
No news is good news. – English Proverb
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent – English Proverb
No one knows where the shoe pinches, but he who wears it. – English Proverb
No pain, no gain. – English Proverb
No pain, no injury. – English Proverb
No place like home – English Proverb
No rest for the wicked – English Proverb
No revenge is more honorable than the one not taken. – English Proverb
No risk, no gain. – English Proverb
No root, no fruit. – English Proverb
No smoke without fire. – English Proverb
No such thing as a free lunch – English Proverb
No such thing as bad publicity – English Proverb
No summer, but has its winter. – English Proverb
No time like the present. – English Proverb
No time to waste like the present. – English Proverb
No use crying over spilt milk – English Proverb
No use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted – English Proverb
No worst pestilence than a familiar enemy. – English Proverb
No wrong without a remedy. – English Proverb
Noble birth is a poor dish at table. – English Proverb
Noblesse oblige. – English Proverb
Nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse – English Proverb
None but the brave deserve the fair. – English Proverb
None can guess the jewel by the casket. – English Proverb
None ever took a stone out of the temple but the dust did fly in his eyes. – English Proverb
None knows the weight of another’s burden. – English Proverb
None so blind as those who will not see – English Proverb
None so deaf as those who will not hear
Nothing enters into a close hand. – English Proverb
Nothing for nothing. – English Proverb
Nothing is certain but death and taxes – English Proverb
Nothing is lost in a good market. – English Proverb
Nothing is terrible except fear itself. – English Proverb
Nothing new under the sun – English Proverb
Nothing succeeds like success. – English Proverb
Nothing venture, nothing gain. – English Proverb
Nothing venture, nothing have. – English Proverb
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. – English Proverb
Now or never. – English Proverb
Nurture and good manners makes man. – English Proverb
O, God, if there be a God, save my soul if I have a soulǃ (A soldier before the battle of Blenheim in 1704)
Obedience is much more seen in little things than in great. – English Proverb
Of a thorn springs not a fig. – English Proverb
Of soup and love, the first is best. – English Proverb
Of two evils choose the least. – English Proverb
Of wine the middle, of oil the top, and of honey the bottom is best. – English Proverb
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. – English Proverb
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet… – Rudyard Kipling
Oil and water don’t mix – English Proverb
Old age doesn’t protect from folly. – English Proverb
Old be, or young die. – English Proverb
Old chains gall less than new. – English Proverb
Old habbits die hard. – English Proverb
Old habits die hard. – English Proverb
Old is gold. – English Proverb
Old love will not be forgotten. – English Proverb
Old men, when they marry young women, make much of death. – English Proverb
Old praise dies unless you feed it. – English Proverb
Old saws speak truth. – English Proverb
Old sheep shouldn’t dress in lamb’s fashion. – English Proverb
Old sins have long shadows. – English Proverb
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Old streets a glamour hold. – K. W. Baker
On painting and fighting look aloof.
Once a thief, always a thief – English Proverb
Once a use and ever a custom. – English Proverb
Once bitten, forever smitten. – English Proverb
Once bitten, twice shy. – English Proverb
Once smitten, twice shy. – English Proverb
One acre of performance, is worth twenty of the land of promise. – English Proverb
One boy is more trouble that a dozen girls.
One can love and be wise. – English Proverb
One doctor makes work for another. – English Proverb
One does harm, and another bears the blame. – English Proverb
One does not wash one’s dirty linen in public. – English Proverb
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. – English Proverb
One funeral makes many. – English Proverb
One good turn deserves another. – English Proverb
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives. – English Proverb
One hand washes the other. – English Proverb
One law for the rich and another for the poor – English Proverb
One man’s loss is another man’s gain. – English Proverb
One man’s meat is another man’s poison. – English Proverb
One man’s meat is another’s poison. – English Proverb
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. – English Proverb
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. – English Proverb
One nail drives out another. – English Proverb
One of these day is none of these days. – English Proverb
One of these days is none of these days. – English Proverb
One picture is worth ten thousand words. – English Proverb
One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel. – English Proverb
One rotten apple will spoil the whole barrel. or One scabbed sheep mars the whole flock. – English Proverb
One secret of success is to know how to deny yourself and other people. – English Proverb
One step at a time. – English Proverb
One swallow does not make a summer. – English Proverb
One swallow doesn’t make a summer. – English Proverb
One thief will not rob another. – English Proverb
One volunteer is worth two pressed men. – English Proverb
One year of joy, another of comfort, and all rest of content. – English Proverb
One year’s seeding makes seven years weeding – English Proverb
One’s own fire is pleasant. – English Proverb
Only fools and horses work – English Proverb
Only the good die young. – English Proverb
Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. – English Proverb
Only two things in life are certain; death and taxes. – English Proverb
Opera ain’t over till the fat lady sings – English Proverb
Opportunity makes the thief. – English Proverb
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man’s door – English Proverb
Opportunity seldom knocks twice. – English Proverb
Opposites attract – English Proverb
Ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. – English Proverb
Our country, right or wrongǃ – Stephen Decatur
Our fear commonly meets us at the door by which we think to run from it. – English Proverb
Our friends are our mirrors and show us ourselves. – English Proverb
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. – English Proverb
Out of sight, out of mind. – English Proverb
Out of sight… Out of mind. – English Proverb
Paddle your own … – English Proverb
Paddle your own canoe. – English Proverb
Pain is only weakness leaving the body. – English Proverb
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil – English Proverb
Past shame, past grace. – English Proverb
Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit. – English Proverb
Patience is a virtue. – English Proverb
Pay what you owe and you’ll know what you’re worth. – English Proverb
Peace makes plenty. – English Proverb
Pen is mightier than sword – English Proverb
Penny saved is a penny earned – English Proverb
Penny wise and pound foolish – English Proverb
Penny wise, pound foolish. – English Proverb
People only throw stones at trees with fruit on them. – English Proverb
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. – English Proverb
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. – English Proverb
People with wax heads shouldn’t walk in the sun. – English Proverb
Person is known by the company he keeps – English Proverb
Physician, heal thyself – English Proverb
Picture paints a thousand words – English Proverb
Pigs might fly lest they had wings. – English Proverb
Pin not your faith on another’s sleeve. – English Proverb
Place for everything and everything in its place – English Proverb
Please the eye and plague the heart. – English Proverb
Pleasures shorten tedious nights. – English Proverb
Plenty know good ale, but don’t know much after that. – English Proverb
Plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you will have corn to sell and keep. – English Proverb
Pluck not a courtesy in the bud. – English Proverb
Poets are born, but orators are trained. – English Proverb
Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup. – English Proverb
Politeness costs nothing and gains everything. – English Proverb
Politics makes strange bedfellows. – English Proverb
Poor men go to heaven as soon as rich. – English Proverb
Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat. – English Proverb
Poor thieves in halters we behold; And great thieves in their chains of gold. – English Proverb
Poor Trust is dead; Bad Pay killed him. – English Proverb
Poor workman always blames his tools – English Proverb
Possession is nine points of the law – English Proverb
Poverty is an enemy to good manners. – English Proverb
Poverty is no vice, but an inconvenience. – English Proverb
Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is. – English Proverb
Poverty is the reward of idleness. – English Proverb
Power attracts the corruptible. – English Proverb
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. – English Proverb
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. – English Proverb
Practice does not make perfect but a perfect practice makes perfect. – English Proverb
Practice makes perfect. – English Proverb
Practice makes permanent. – English Proverb
Practice what you preach. – English Proverb
Praise the day at sunset. – English Proverb
Praise the sea but keep on land. – English Proverb
Prayer knocks till the door opens. – English Proverb
Precepts teach, examples move. – English Proverb
Prettiness dies first. – English Proverb
Prevention is better than cure. – English Proverb
Price of liberty is eternal vigilance – English Proverb
Pride comes before a fall – English Proverb
Pride comes before the fall. – English Proverb
Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold. – English Proverb
Pride in prosperity turns to misery in adversity. – English Proverb
Problem shared is a problem halved – English Proverb
Procrastination is the thief of time. – English Proverb
Proffer’d service stinks. – English Proverb
Promise is debt. – English Proverb
Proof of the pudding is in the eating – English Proverb
Prophet is not recognized in his own land – English Proverb
Proportion your expenses to what you have, not what you expect. – English Proverb
Prosperity discovers vices, and adversity virtue. – English Proverb
Prosperity gets followers, but adversity distinguishes them. – English Proverb
Proverb run in pairs. – English Proverb
Proverbs are the children of experience. – English Proverb
Punishment is lame but it comes. – English Proverb
Put a beggar on horseback and he’ll ride it to death. – English Proverb
Put new wine into old bottles.. – English Proverb
Put not fire to flax. – English Proverb
Put not thy hand between the bark and the tree. – English Proverb
Put your best foot forward – English Proverb
Put your money where your mouth is. – English Proverb
Quarrelsome dogs get dirty coats. – English Proverb
Quick at meat, quick at work. – English Proverb
Quid pro quo – English Proverb
Rain before seven, fine before eleven – English Proverb
Rain before seven; clear before eleven. – English Proverb
Raining cats and dogs. – English Proverb
Raise no more devils than you can lay. – English Proverb
Rather weigh the will of the speaker, than the worth of the words. – English Proverb
Rats desert a sinking ship. – English Proverb
Raw cucumber makes the churchyards prosperous. – English Proverb
Raw leather will stretch. – English Proverb
Reality is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine. – English Proverb
Reason does not come before years. – English Proverb
Reckless youth makes rueful age. – English Proverb
Red sky at night: shepherd’s delight. Red sky in the morning: shepherd’s warning. – English Proverb
Repeating a lie, doesn’t make that lie true. – English Proverb
Reputation is commonly measured by the acre. – English Proverb
Revenge is a dish best served cold. – English Proverb
Revenge is a dish that should be eaten cold.
Revenge is sweet – English Proverb
Riches serve a wise man but command a fool. – English Proverb
Rising tide lifts all boats – English Proverb
Road to hell is paved with good intentions – English Proverb
Rob Peter to pay Paul – English Proverb
Rolling stone gathers no moss – English Proverb
Rome was not built in a day. – English Proverb
Rome wasn’t built in a day. – English Proverb
Rome wasn’t built in one day. – English Proverb
Romeo must die in order to save the love. – English Proverb
Rules are made to be broken. – English Proverb
Rules were meant to be broken. – English Proverb
Salvage Something From Every Setback. – English Proverb
Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. – English Proverb
Save something for the man that rides the white horse. – English Proverb
Scratch a Russian and you will find a Tartar. – English Proverb
Scratch my back and i will scratch yours. – English Proverb
Second thoughts are the best. – English Proverb
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck. – English Proverb
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you’ll have all day – English Proverb
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. – English Proverb
Seeing is believing. – English Proverb
Seek and ye shall find. – English Proverb
Seek and you shall find – English Proverb
Seek much, and get something; seek little, and get nothing. – English Proverb
Self-praise is no praise at all. – English Proverb
Self-preservation is the first law of nature. – English Proverb
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth. – English Proverb
Send your charity abroad wrapped in blankets. – English Proverb
Set a herring to catch a whale. – English Proverb
Set a thief to catch a thief. – English Proverb
Set good against evil. – English Proverb
Set out wisely at first; custom will make every virtue more easy and pleasant to you than any vice can be. – English Proverb
Sex is like war, both are exciting but neither informative. – English Proverb
Shame take him that shame thinketh. – English Proverb
Share and share alike – English Proverb
Shit or get off the pot. – English Proverb
Shoemaker, stick to your last. – English Proverb
Shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot – English Proverb
Short acquaintance brings repentance. – English Proverb
Shrouds have no pockets – English Proverb
Silence gives consent. – English Proverb
Silence is golden. – English Proverb
Silence means consent. – English Proverb
Sin is the root of much sorrow. – English Proverb
Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool. – English Proverb
Six hours’ sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool. – English Proverb
Slop your hogs before you feed your children. – English Proverb
Slow and steady wins the race. – English Proverb
Slow but sure – English Proverb
Small birds must have meat. – English Proverb
Small cheer and great welcome make a great feast. – English Proverb
Smile, and the world smiles with you; cry, and you cry alone. – English Proverb
Soft answer turneth away wrath – English Proverb
Soft fire makes sweet malt. – English Proverb
Softly, softly, catchee monkey – English Proverb
Some are very busy and yet do nothing. – English Proverb
Some are wise and some are otherwise. – English Proverb
Some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you. – English Proverb
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. – English Proverb
Some man are wise, and some are otherwise. – English Proverb
Some men go through a forest and see no firewood. – English Proverb
Some men have only one book in them, others a library. – English Proverb
Sometimes clemency is cruelty, and cruelty clemency. – English Proverb
Sometimes people who live in glass houses throw stones because their windows are painted. – English Proverb
Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind. – English Proverb
Soon learnt, soon forgotten. – English Proverb
Soon ripe, soon rotten. – English Proverb
Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short. – English Proverb
Sorrow is always dry. – English Proverb
Sorrow remembered sweetens present joy. – English Proverb
Sow thin, shear thin. – English Proverb
Spare the rod and spoil the child. – English Proverb
Spare the rod, spoil the child. – English Proverb
Speak as you find – English Proverb
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. – English Proverb
Speak softly and carry a big stick – English Proverb
Speaking of the devil. – English Proverb
Speech is silver, but silence is golden. – English Proverb
Spread the table and contention will cease. – English Proverb
Spring has come when you can put your foot on three daisies. – English Proverb
Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. – English Proverb
Squeaky wheel gets the grease – English Proverb
Starve a fever, feed a cold. – English Proverb
Stew it and it will only stink more. – English Proverb
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. – English Proverb
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will break my spirit. – English Proverb
Still he fisheth that catcheth one. – English Proverb
Still water runs deep. – English Proverb
Still waters are the deepest. – English Proverb
Stitch in time saves nine – English Proverb
Stolen fruit is sweet. – English Proverb
Stolen fruit is the sweetest. – English Proverb
Strike while the iron is hot. – English Proverb
Strike while the iron is hot. or Make hay while the sun shines. – English Proverb
Stupid is as stupid does – English Proverb
Stupidity won’t kill you, but it can make you sweat. – English Proverb
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan – English Proverb
Success is a journey not a destination. – English Proverb
Success makes a fool seem wise. – English Proverb
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. – English Proverb
Sweep in front of your own door. – English Proverb
Sweep the house with a broom in may and you’ll sweep the luck of the house away. – English Proverb
Sweet are the uses of adversity. – English Proverb
Take a dog for a companion and a stick in your hand. – English Proverb
Take a hair of the dog that has bitten you. – English Proverb
Take all things as they come and be content. – English Proverb
Take care of number one. – English Proverb
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves – English Proverb
Take care of your pennies and your pounds will take care of your heirs and barristers. – English Proverb
Take heed is a fair thing. – English Proverb
Take heed of enemies reconciled, and of meat twice boiled. – English Proverb
Take heed you do not find what you do not seek. – English Proverb
Take heed you find not what you do not seek. – English Proverb
Take the will for the deed. – English Proverb
Take things as you find them. – English Proverb
Takes a thief to catch a thief – English Proverb
Takes all sorts to make a world – English Proverb
Takes one to know one – English Proverb
Talk is cheap. – English Proverb
Talk of the devil – and the devil appears. – English Proverb
Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear. – English Proverb
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear – English Proverb
Talk the hind legs off a donkey. – English Proverb
Talking a mile a minute. – English Proverb
Tell not all you know, all you have, or all you can do. – English Proverb
Tell the truth and shame the devil. – English Proverb
That government is best which governs least. – English Proverb
That sick man is not to be pitied who has his cure in his sleeve. – English Proverb
That which covers thee discovers thee. – English Proverb
That which does not kill us makes us stronger – English Proverb
That which does not kill you, makes you stronger. – English Proverb
That which shall be, shall be. – English Proverb
That’s not good language that all understand not. – English Proverb
The absent are always in the wrong. – English Proverb
The afterthought is good for nought, except it be to catch blind horses with. – English Proverb
The age of miracles is past – English Proverb
The air of a window is as the stroke of a cross-bow. – English Proverb
The anger is not warrantable that has seen two suns. – English Proverb
The ant had wings to her hurt. – English Proverb
The anvil fears no blows. – English Proverb
The apple never falls far from the tree. – English Proverb
The bait hides the hook. – English Proverb
The beauty of things lies in the mind that contemplates it. – English Proverb
The belly teaches all arts. – English Proverb
The best art conceals art. – English Proverb
The best defence is a good offence. – English Proverb
The best goods are cheapest in the end. – English Proverb
The best is cheapest. – English Proverb
The best is the enemy of the good – English Proverb
The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. – English Proverb
The best payment is on the peck bottom. – English Proverb
The best place for criticism is in front of your mirror. – English Proverb
The best remedy against an ill man, is much ground between. – English Proverb
The best things come in small packages. – English Proverb
The best things in life are free. – English Proverb
The best throw of the dice is to throw them away. – English Proverb
The best way to see divine light is to put out your own candle. – English Proverb
The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley – English Proverb
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. – English Proverb
The bigger, the better – English Proverb
The bird is known by his note, the man by his words. – English Proverb
The bottom line is the bottom line – English Proverb
The boughs that bear most hang lowest. – English Proverb
The boy is father to the man – English Proverb
The brains don’t like in the beard. – English Proverb
The brains of a fox will be of little service if you play with the paw of a lion. – English Proverb
The bread always falls buttered side down – English Proverb
The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. – English Proverb
The camel asking for horns lost also his ears. – English Proverb
The cat has nine lives: three for playing, three for straying, three for staying. – English Proverb
The cat in gloves catches no mice. – English Proverb
The chain is no stronger than its weakest link. – English Proverb
The charitable give out the door and god puts in at the window. – English Proverb
The child is father of the man – English Proverb
The child is the father of the man – English Proverb
The citizen is at his business before the sun rises. – English Proverb
The coast is clear. – English Proverb
The coat makes the man. – English Proverb
The cobbler always wears the worst shoes – English Proverb
The cobbler’s wife is the worst shod. – English Proverb
The course of true love never did run smooth. – English Proverb
The covetous spends more than the liberal. – English Proverb
The cow that’s first up gets the first of the dew. – English Proverb
The crow went traveling abroad and came back just as black. – English Proverb
The crutch of time does more than the club of Hercules. – English Proverb
The cure is worse than the disease. – English Proverb
The customer is always right. – English Proverb
The darkest hour comes just before the dawn. – English Proverb
The darkest hour is just before dawn. – English Proverb
The darkest hour is that before the dawn. – English Proverb
The darkest place is under the candlestick. – English Proverb
The day is short and the work is long. – English Proverb
The descent to hell is easy. – English Proverb
The devil dances in empty pockets. – English Proverb
The devil finds work for idle hands. – English Proverb
The Devil has all the best tunes – English Proverb
The Devil is in the details – English Proverb
The Devil looks after his own – English Proverb
The Devil makes work for idle hands to do – English Proverb
The Devil take the hindmost – English Proverb
The Devil’s children have the Devil’s luck. – English Proverb
The difference is wide that the sheets will not decide. – English Proverb
The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer. – English Proverb
The dog that fetches will carry. – English Proverb
The dogs bark but the caravan passes on. – English Proverb
The door swings both ways. – English Proverb
The eagle does not catch flies. – English Proverb
The early bird catches the worm. – English Proverb
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. – English Proverb
The early bird gets the worm. – English Proverb
The empty can that makes the most noise – English Proverb
The end justifies the means. – English Proverb
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. – English Proverb
The English are a nation of shopkeepers. – English Proverb
The exception proves the rule. – English Proverb
The exception which proves the rule – English Proverb
The eye looks but it is the mind that sees. – English Proverb
The eyes are the window of the soul. – English Proverb
The eyes have one language everywhere. – English Proverb
The face is no index to the heart. – English Proverb
The fairer the hostess the fouler the reckoning. – English Proverb
The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living. – English Proverb
The fat is in the fire – English Proverb
The fed hound never hunts. – English Proverb
The female of the species is more deadly than the male – English Proverb
The fingers have got pretty close to the thumb. – English Proverb
The first chapter of fools is to think themselves wise. – English Proverb
The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them. – English Proverb
The first step is usually the hardest. – English Proverb
The first step to health is to know that we are sick. – English Proverb
The first year let your house to your enemy; the second to your friend; the third live in it yourself. – English Proverb
The fish will soon be caught that nibbles at every bait. – English Proverb
The fool wanders, the wise man travels. – English Proverb
The game isn’t worth the candle. – English Proverb
The generous man pays for nothing so much as what is given him. – English Proverb
The going gets tough, the tough get going. – English Proverb
The golden age never was the present age. – English Proverb
The good die young – English Proverb
The good is the enemy of the best. – English Proverb
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. – English Proverb
The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. – English Proverb
The grass is always greener on the other side. – English Proverb
The greater the sinner, the greater the saint. – English Proverb
The greater the truth, the greater the libel. – English Proverb
The greatest barkers bite not sorest. – English Proverb
The greatest step is that out of doors. – English Proverb
The guilty dog barks the loudest. – English Proverb
The hand that gives gathers. – English Proverb
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. – English Proverb
The hardest step is over the threshold. – English Proverb
The head and feet keep warm, the rest will take no harm. – English Proverb
The heart sees farther than the head. – English Proverb
The heaviest baggage for a traveler is an empty wallet. – English Proverb
The husband is always the last to know – English Proverb
The ignorant always adore what they cannot understand. – English Proverb
The Italians are wise before the deed; the Germans in the deed; the french after the deed. – English Proverb
The joy of the heart makes the face fair. – English Proverb
The key to all action lies in belief. – English Proverb
The king can do no wrong. – English Proverb
The labourer is worthy of his hire – English Proverb
The land of the free, and the home of the brave. – Francis Scott Key
The last benefit is most remembered. – English Proverb
The last drop makes the cup run over. – English Proverb
The last fool never dies. – English Proverb
The last straw breaks the camel’s back. – English Proverb
The last will be first, and the first last. – English Proverb
The law is an ass – English Proverb
The leopard cannot change its spots. – English Proverb
The leopard does not change his spots. – English Proverb
The little cannot be great unless he devour many. – English Proverb
The longer we live, the more wonders we see. – English Proverb
The longest journey starts with a single step – English Proverb
The longest mile is the last mile home. – English Proverb
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet. – English Proverb
The love of the wicked is more dangerous than their hatred. – English Proverb
The man in boots does not know the man in shoes. – English Proverb
The married man has many cares, the unmarried one many more. – English Proverb
The measure of our own sacrifice is the measure of our love. – English Proverb
The measure of our sacrifice is the measure of our love. – English Proverb
The mob has many heads but no brains. – English Proverb
The money you refuse will never do you good. – English Proverb
The more acquaintance, the more danger. – English Proverb
The more furrows the more corn. – English Proverb
The more the merrier. – English Proverb
The more things change, the more they stay the same. – English Proverb
The more you get the more you want. – English Proverb
The more you stroke the cat’s tail, the more he raises his back. – English Proverb
The most manifest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness. – English Proverb
The nail that sticks out gets pounded. – English Proverb
The nail that sticks up will be hammered down. – From the Japanese, “deru kugi wa utareru.”
The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. – English Proverb
The nest of the blind bird is made by god. – English Proverb
The noisiest drum has nothing in it but air. – English Proverb
The noisy fowler catches no birds. – English Proverb
The north wind has no corn and a poor man no friend. – English Proverb
The offender never pardons. – English Proverb
The old ox plows a straight furrow. – English Proverb
The old should not be overfed. – English Proverb
The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune. – English Proverb
The only free cheese is in the mouse trap. – English Proverb
The only stupid question is the one that is not asked. – English Proverb
The opera ain’t over till the fat lady sings – English Proverb
The opera ain’t over until the fat lady sings. – English Proverb
The other side of the road always looks cleanest. – English Proverb
The Peerage is the Englishman’s Bible. – English Proverb
The pen is mightier than sword – English Proverb
The pen is mightier than the sword. – English Proverb
The person who is tired will find time to sleep. A person with a bad name is already half hanged. – English Proverb
The person who pursues revenge should dig two graves. – English Proverb
The pitcher goes so often to the well that it comes home broken at last. – English Proverb
The pitcher that goes too often to the well is broken at last. – English Proverb
The pitcher will go to the well once too often. – English Proverb
The post of honour is the post of danger. – English Proverb
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance – English Proverb
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. – English Proverb
The remedy is worse than the disease. – English Proverb
The rest is silence. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet
The rich knows not who is his friend. – English Proverb
The rich man may dine when he will, the poor man when he may. – English Proverb
The rich man spends his money, the poor man his strength. – English Proverb
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. – English Proverb
The saddest dog sometimes wags its tail. – English Proverb
The safest antidote against sorrow is employment. – English Proverb
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. – English Proverb
The ship that will not obey the helm will have to obey the rocks. – English Proverb
The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot – English Proverb
The shortest answer is doing. – English Proverb
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. – English Proverb
The show must go on. – English Proverb
The singer not the song – English Proverb
The skilfullest wanting money is scorned. – English Proverb
The Spaniard is a bad servant but a worse master. – English Proverb
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. – English Proverb
The squeaking wheel gets the grease. – English Proverb
The squeaky wheel gets the grease. – English Proverb
The squeaky wheel that gets the grease – English Proverb
The start of a journey should never be mistaken for success. – English Proverb
The sting of a reproach is the truth of it. – English Proverb
The third time someone tries to put a saddle on you, you should admit you’re a horse. – English Proverb
The third’s the charm. – English Proverb
The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth. – English Proverb
The tree is known by its fruit. – English Proverb
The truth shall set you free, or The truth will set you free. – English Proverb
The truth shall set you free. – English Proverb
The truth will out – English Proverb
The value of ANYTHING is determined by the agreement of only two people. – English Proverb
The vicar of Bray will be vicar of Bray. – English Proverb
The village slatternly wench has the form of a dove, the heart of a fox, and the mind of an toad. – English Proverb
The voice of the people is the voice of god. – English Proverb
The wages of sin is death – English Proverb
The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. – English Proverb
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts – English Proverb
The wind in one’s face makes one wise. – English Proverb
The wish is father to the thought. – English Proverb
The wit of one man, the wisdom of many. – English Proverb
The wolf finds a reason for taking the lamb. – English Proverb
The world is your oyster. – English Proverb
The world still he keeps at his staff’s end that needs not to borrow and never will lend. – English Proverb
The worse the passage the more welcome the port. – English Proverb
The worth of a thing is what it will bring. – English Proverb
The younger brother the better gentleman. – English Proverb
There are as good fish in the sea as ever were caught. – English Proverb
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream – English Proverb
There are no small parts, only small actors. – English Proverb
There are none so blind as they who do not want to see. – English Proverb
There are none so blind as those, that will not see – English Proverb
There are too many chiefs and not enough Indians. – English Proverb
There are two sides to every question. – English Proverb
There but for the grace of God, go I – English Proverb
There is a remedy for everything except death. – English Proverb
There is a time and place for everything. – English Proverb
There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. – English Proverb
There is an exception to every rule. – English Proverb
There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it. – English Proverb
There is better fish in the sea than have ever been caught. – English Proverb
There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one. – English Proverb
There is but one good mother-in-law and she is dead. – English Proverb
There is but one road out of the tower and that leads to the scaffold. – English Proverb
There is danger in delay. – English Proverb
There is honor even among thieves. – English Proverb
There is honour among thieves. – English Proverb
There is luck in odd numbers. – English Proverb
There is never a debt is paid so high as that which the wet owes to the dry. – English Proverb
There is no benefit that sticks to the fingers. – English Proverb
There is no better looking-glass than an old friend. – English Proverb
There is no better manure than the farmer’s foot. – English Proverb
There is no blindness like ignorance. – English Proverb
There is no flying from fate. – English Proverb
There is no fool than an old fool. – English Proverb
There is no good accord where every man would be a lord. – English Proverb
There is no greater torment than to be alone in paradise. – English Proverb
There is no little enemy. – English Proverb
There is no royal road to learning. – English Proverb
There is no smoke without fire. – English Proverb
There is no time like the present. – English Proverb
There is no tree but bears some fruit. – English Proverb
There is not the thickness of a sixpence between good and evil. – English Proverb
There is nothing more precious than time and nothing more prodigally wasted. – English Proverb
There is nothing new under the sun. – English Proverb
There is safety in numbers. – English Proverb
There is small choice in rotten apples. – English Proverb
There was never a conflict without a woman. – English Proverb
There’s a sin of omission as well as commission. – English Proverb
There’s a time and a place for everything – English Proverb
There’s always a calm before a storm. – English Proverb
There’s always a deep breath before a plunge. – English Proverb
There’s always more fish in the sea – English Proverb
There’s an exception to every rule – English Proverb
There’s daggers in men’s smiles. – William Shakespeare
There’s honour among thieves – English Proverb
There’s many a good cock come out of a tattered bag. – English Proverb
There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle. – English Proverb
There’s many a slip ‘twixt cup and lip. – English Proverb
There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip. – English Proverb
There’s more than one way to skin a cat. – English Proverb
There’s no accounting for taste. – English Proverb
There’s no arguing with the barrel of a gun. – English Proverb
There’s no fool like an old fool. – English Proverb
There’s no peace for the wicked. – English Proverb
There’s no place like home. – English Proverb
There’s no smoke without fire – English Proverb
There’s no substitute for experience. – English Proverb
There’s no such thing as a free lunch. – English Proverb
There’s no such thing as bad publicity – English Proverb
There’s no time like the present. – English Proverb
There’s none so blind as those who will not see. – English Proverb
There’s none so deaf as those who will not hear – English Proverb
There’s nowt so queer as folk – English Proverb
There’s one born every minute – English Proverb
There’s one law for the rich and another for the poor. – English Proverb
There’s safety in numbers – English Proverb
They brag most that can do the least. – English Proverb
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind – English Proverb
They that think no ill are soonest beguiled. – English Proverb
They who have much business must have much pardon. – English Proverb
They who love most are least valued. – English Proverb
They who would be young when they are old must be old when they are young. – English Proverb
Thing of beauty is a joy forever – English Proverb
Things are not always what they seem. – English Proverb
Things done cannot be undone. – English Proverb
Things past cannot be recalled.
Think and thank god. – Engl – English Proverbsh Proverb
Think before you speak. – English Proverb
Think globally, act locally. – English Proverb
Think of ease, but work on. – English Proverb
Thinking is very far from knowing. – English Proverb
Third time lucky – English Proverb
This too, shall pass. – English Proverb
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it – English Proverb
Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. – English Proverb
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas – English Proverb
Thou shalt not kill – English Proverb
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. – William Shakespeare
Though thou hast ever so many counsellors, yet do not forsake the counsel of thy own soul. – English Proverb
Thought is free. – William Shakespeare
Thrift is a great revenue. a little, often, leaves wrinkles in the purse. – English Proverb
Throw dirt enough, and some will stick. – English Proverb
Time and thinking tame the strongest grief. – English Proverb
Time and tide wait for no man. – English Proverb
Time and tide wait for no men. – English Proverb
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. – English Proverb
Time flies when you’re having fun. – English Proverb
Time flies. – English Proverb
Time heals all wounds. – English Proverb
Time himself is bald. – William Shakespeare
Time is a file that wears and makes no noise. – English Proverb
Time is a great healer. – English Proverb
Time is money. – English Proverb
Time is of the essence. – English Proverb
Time is precious. – English Proverb
Time is the soul of business. – English Proverb
Time trieth truth. – English Proverb
Time will tell. – English Proverb
Times change and we with them. – English Proverb
’tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all – English Proverb
‘Tis money that begets money. – English Proverb
Tit for tat. – English Proverb
To be all in the same boat. – English Proverb
To be good tends to give absence later on. – English Proverb
To be on one’s last legs. – English Proverb
To burn the candle at both ends. – English Proverb
To each his own. – English Proverb
To err is human, to forgive divine. – Alexander Pope
To err is human, to forgive is divine. – English Proverb
To err is human; to forgive divine – English Proverb
To every thing there is a season – English Proverb
To kill two birds with one stone. – English Proverb
To know all is to forgive all. – English Proverb
To know where the shoe pinches. – English Proverb
To sow one’s wild oats. – English Proverb
To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming. – English Proverb
To the victor go the spoils – English Proverb
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive – English Proverb
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. – English Proverb
Tomorrow is a new day. – English Proverb
Tomorrow is another day. – English Proverb
Tomorrow never comes – English Proverb
Too far East is West. – English Proverb
Too hot to last. – English Proverb
Too many cooks spoil the broth. – English Proverb
Too much money makes one mad. – English Proverb
Too much of ought is good for nought. – English Proverb
Touch pot, touch penny. – English Proverb
Touch wood. – English Proverb
Tread on a worm and it will turn. – English Proverb
Tread on the ball, live to spend all. – English Proverb
Treat them mean, keep them keen. – English Proverb
Trouble shared is a trouble halved – English Proverb
Trust god and keep your powder dry. – English Proverb
Trust not a new friend or an old enemy. – English Proverb
Truth comes back where she has once visited. – English Proverb
Truth gives a short answer, lies go round about. – English Proverb
Truth has a scratched face. – English Proverb
Truth is stranger than fiction. – English Proverb
Truth may be blamed, but it shall never be shamed. – English Proverb
Truth often hides in an ugly pool. – English Proverb
Truth seeks no corners. – English Proverb
Truth will out. – English Proverb
Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. – English Proverb
Turn the cake in the pan. – English Proverb
Two blacks don’t make a white – English Proverb
Two heads are better than one. – English Proverb
Two is a company; three is a crowd. – English Proverb
Two is company, but three’s a crowd – English Proverb
Two is company, three is none.
Two sides to every question – English Proverb
Two things a man should never get angry at: what he can help and what he cannot. – English Proverb
Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife. – English Proverb
Two wrongs do not make a right. – English Proverb
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three lefts do. – English Proverb
Two wrongs don’t make a right. – English Proverb
Two’s company, three’s a crowd. – English Proverb
Undertake no more than you can perform. – English Proverb
United we stand, divided we fall. – English Proverb
Up a creek without a paddle. – English Proverb
Use it or lose it. – English Proverb
Use soft words and hard arguments. – English Proverb
Use your wit as a shield, not as a sword. – English Proverb
Give him an inch and he’ll take a mile. – English Proverb
Variety is the spice of life. – English Proverb
Venture a small fish to catch a much greater one. – English Proverb
Venture not to defend what your judgment doubts of. – English Proverb
Virtue is its own reward – English Proverb
Virtue which parleys is near a surrender. – English Proverb
Virtue which parleys is near surrender. – English Proverb
Volunteer is worth twenty pressed men – English Proverb
Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. – English Proverb
Wade not in unknown waters. – English Proverb
Wages of sin is death – English Proverb
Walk softly, carry a big stick. – English Proverb
Walk the talk. – English Proverb
Walls have ears – English Proverb
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs – English Proverb
Want is the whetstone of wit. – English Proverb
War is too important to be left to the generals. – English Proverb
Waste not, want not. – English Proverb
Watched pot never boils – English Proverb
Way to a man’s heart is through his stomach – English Proverb
We all make mistakes. – English Proverb
We are all Adam’s children, but silk makes the difference. – English Proverb
We are all in this together. – English Proverb
We are as near to heaven by sea as by land! – Humphrey Gilbert
We are often shot with our own feathers. – English Proverb
We are such stuff / As dreams are made of. – English Proverb
We are usually the best men when in the worst health. – English Proverb
We carry our greatest enemies within us. – English Proverb
We have all forgot more than we remember. – English Proverb
We have nothing to fear but fear itself. – English Proverb
We must learn to walk before we can run. – English Proverb
We must take the bad with the good. – English Proverb
We never know the worth of water until the well is dry. – English Proverb
We never miss the well till it runs dry. – English Proverb
We should not expect to find old heads on young shoulders. – English Proverb
Wealth rarely brings happiness. – English Proverb – English Proverb
Weel kens the mouse when pussie’s in. – English Proverb
Weigh justly and sell dearly. – English Proverb
Welcome is the best dish. – English Proverb
Welcome, evil, if thou comest alone. – English Proverb
Well begun is half done. – English Proverb
Well goes the case when wisdom counsels. – English Proverb
What “they say” is half lies. – English Proverb
What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. – English Proverb
What bread men break is broken to them again. – English Proverb
What canna be cured maun be endured. – English Proverb
What cannot gold do? – English Proverb
What can’t be cured must be endured. – English Proverb
What can’t speak can’t lie. – English Proverb
What costs little is little esteemed. – English Proverb
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight — it’s the size of the fight in the dog. – English Proverb
What everybody says must be true. – English Proverb
What goes around comes around. – English Proverb
What goes up must come down. – English Proverb
What is a man but his mind? – English Proverb
What is bought is cheaper than a gift. – English Proverb
What is extraordinary, try to look at with your own eyes. – English Proverb
What is gold is worth gold. – English Proverb
What may be done at ony time will be done at nae time. – English Proverb
What the church doesn’t take, the exchequer carries away. – English Proverb
What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over. – English Proverb
What we first learn we best ken. – English Proverb
What will be, will be. – English Proverb
What you don’t know can’t hurt you. – English Proverb
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts. – English Proverb
What you see is what you get. – English Proverb
What you sow is what you reap. – English Proverb
Whatever man has done, man may do. – English Proverb
Whatever you do, act wisely, and consider the end. – English Proverb
What’s drinking? / A mere pause from thinking. – Lord Byron
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. – English Proverb
What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. – English Proverb
Whatsoever was the father of the disease, an ill diet was the mother. – English Proverb
When a ewie’s drowned she’s dead. – English Proverb
When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. – English Proverb
When a man’s coat is threadbare it is easy to pick a hole in it. – English Proverb
When a proud man hears another praised, he feels himself injured. – English Proverb
When a snake gets warm on ice, then a German will wish well to a Czech. – English Proverb
When Adam delved, and Eve span, where was then the gentleman? – English Proverb
When all candles be out, all cats be gray. – English Proverb
When all fruit fails, welcome haws. – English Proverb
When all is wet to the skin, hold out yet. – English Proverb
When all men say you are an ass it is time to bray. – English Proverb
When all men say you are an ass, it is high time to bray. – English Proverb
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. – English Proverb
When drink’s in wit’s oot. – English Proverb
When everyone takes care of himself, care is taken of all. – English Proverb
When flatterers meet, the devil goes to dinner. – English Proverb
When flatters meet, the devil goes to dinner. – English Proverb
When fools pipe, he may dance. – English Proverb
When friends fall out the truth doth appear. – English Proverb
When in doubt, do nothing. – English Proverb
When in doubt, do nought. – English Proverb
When in doubt, don’t. – English Proverb
When in doubt, leave it out. – English Proverb
When in motion, to push on is easy. – English Proverb
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. – English Proverb
When in Rome, do as the Romans. – English Proverb
When it rains, it pours. – English Proverb
When love cools fauts are seen. – English Proverb
When money speaks the world is silent. – English Proverb
When one door closes, another door opens. or God never closes one door without opening another. – English Proverb
When one door shuts, another opens. – English Proverb
When passion entereth at the foregate, wisdom goeth out of the postern. – English Proverb
When people have but little property, they take good care of it. – English Proverb
When the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. – English Proverb
When the cat is away, the mice will play. – English Proverb
When the cow has been sold with firmness you may relax for a while and go for a better one. – English Proverb
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. – English Proverb
When the head is sick, the whole body is sick. – English Proverb
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak – English Proverb
When the pig is proffered, hold up the poke. – English Proverb
When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away. – English Proverb
When the wine is in, the wit is out. – English Proverb
When thy friend asks, let there be no to-morrow. – English Proverb
When troubles are few, dreams are few. – English Proverb
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When war begins, then hell opens. – English Proverb
When ye are weel, haud yoursel sae. – English Proverb
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When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras. – English Proverb
When you live next to the cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone. – English Proverb
When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. – English Proverb
Where coin is not common, provisions can be scant. – English Proverb
Where every man is master the world goes to wreck. – English Proverb
Where God has a church the devil will have his chapel. – English Proverb
Where honour ceaseth, there knowledge decreasefh. – English Proverb
Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise. – English Proverb
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good. – English Proverb
Where one door shuts, another opens. – English Proverb
Where there is a will, there is a way. – English Proverb
Where there is peace, god is. – English Proverb
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. – English Proverb
Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. – English Proverb
Where there’s muck there’s brass. – English Proverb
Where vice goes before, vengeance follows after. – English Proverb
Where your will is ready your feet are light. – English Proverb
Where’s there’s muck, there’s money. – English Proverb
While the cat is away, the mice will play. – English Proverb
While the doctors consult, the patient dies. – English Proverb
While the grass grows the steed starves. – English Proverb
While there’s life, there’s hope. – English Proverb
While two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it. – English Proverb
Whiskey on beer, never fear. Beer on whiskey, mighty risky. – English Proverb
Who comes uncalled, sits unserved. – English Proverb
Who digs a trap for others ends up in it himself. – English Proverb
Who eats his cock alone must saddle his horse alone. – English Proverb
Who falls short in the head must be long in the heels. – English Proverb
Who goes a beast to Rome, a beast returns. – English Proverb
Who has not served cannot command. – English Proverb
Who is so deaf or so blind as he that willfully will neither hear nor see? – English Proverb
Who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl. – English Proverb
Who spits against the wind, it falls in his face. – English Proverb
Who spits against the wind, it falls in his face. – English Proverb
Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you. – English Proverb
Whole is greater than the sum of the parts. – English Proverb
Whom God will destroy, he first make mad. – English Proverb
Whom the gods love die young. – English Proverb
Whom we love best, to them we can say the least. – English Proverb
Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another. – English Proverb
Why have a dog and bark yourself? – English Proverb
Why pay for the cow when the milk is free? – English Proverb
Why worry? If you worry – you die. If you don’t worry – you’ll still die. So why worry? – English Proverb
Wide ears and short tongue are the best. – English Proverb
Wide lugs an a short tongue is best. – English Proverb
Wife and children are bills of charges. – English Proverb
Willful waste makes woeful want. – English Proverb
Willful waste makes woeful want. – English Proverb
Wine in , truth out. – English Proverb
Wine sets an edge to wit. – English Proverb
Wink at small faults unless you can cast the first stone. – English Proverb
Winners never cheat and cheaters never win. – English Proverb
Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. – English Proverb
Winter’s thunder is summer’s wonder. – English Proverb
Wipe wi’ the water and wash wi’ the towel. – English Proverb
Wise men learn by other men’s harms, fools by their own. – English Proverb
Wise men make proverbs but fools repeat them. – English Proverb
Wise men o sittin. – English Proverb
Wit is more often a shield than a lance. – English Proverb
Witches and harlots come out at night. – English Proverb
With customs we live well, but laws undo us. – English Proverb
With friends like that, who needs enemies? – English Proverb
With Latin, a horse, and money, you may travel the world. – English Proverb
With one child you may walk; with two you may ride; when you have three, at home you must bide. – English Proverb
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger. – English Proverb
Without sleep, no health. – English Proverb
Without temptation there is no victory. – English Proverb
Wives must be had, be they good or bad. – English Proverb
Woe to the house where there is no chiding. – English Proverb
Woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. – English Proverb
Woman’s place is in the home. – English Proverb
Woman’s work is never done. – English Proverb
Women and children first. – English Proverb
Women are like wasps in their anger. – English Proverb
Women in mischief are wiser than men. – English Proverb
Women’s counsel is cold. – English Proverb
Wonder at your auld shoon when ye hae gotten your new. – English Proverb
Wonders will never cease. – English Proverb
Word to the wise is enough. – English Proverb
Words and feathers the wind carries away. – English Proverb
Words are but wind, but blows unkind. – English Proverb
Work expands so as to fill the time available. – English Proverb
Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere. – English Proverb
Worrying never did anyone any good. – English Proverb
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at the present. – English Proverb
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. – English Proverb
Write with the learned, but speak with the vulgar. – English Proverb
Ye ca’ hardest at the nail that drives fastest. – English Proverb
Ye hae been smelling the bung. – English Proverb
Ye look like a rinner, quo’ the deil to the lobster. – English Proverb
Ye maun spoil or ye spin. – English Proverb
Ye may be heard where ye’re no seen. – English Proverb
Ye may drive the deil into a wife, but ye’ll ne’er ding him oot o’ her. – English Proverb
Ye needna mak a causey tale o’t. – English Proverb
Ye should be a king of your word. – English Proverb
Ye wad marry a midden for the muck. – English Proverb
Year of snow fruit will grow. – English Proverb
Years know more than books. – English Proverb
Ye’ll beguile nane but them that lippens to you. – English Proverb
Ye’ll no sell your hen in a rainy day. – English Proverb
Ye’re a foot behint the foremost. – English Proverb
Ye’re black aboot the mou’ for want o’ kissing. – English Proverb
Ye’re like a bad liver–the last day there’s aye maist to do wi’ ye. – English Proverb
You always find something in the last place you look. – English Proverb
You are never too old to learn. – English Proverb
You are responsible for you. – English Proverb
You are what you eat. – English Proverb
You can catch more flies with a drop of honey than with a barrel of vinegar. – English Proverb
You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. – English Proverb
You can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family. – English Proverb
You can have no more of a cat than her skin. – English Proverb
You can have too much of a good thing. – English Proverb
You can judge a man by the company he keeps. – English Proverb
You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink. – English Proverb
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. – English Proverb
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. – English Proverb
You can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink. – English Proverb
You cannot get blood from a stone. – English Proverb
You cannot have your cake and eat it. – English Proverb
You cannot lose what you never had. – English Proverb
You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs. – English Proverb
You cannot make people honest by an act of parliament. – English Proverb
You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. – English Proverb
You cannot see the wood for trees. – English Proverb
You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. – English Proverb
You can’t always get what you want. – English Proverb
You can’t escape your destiny. – English Proverb
You can’t free a fish from water. – English Proverb
You can’t get blood out of a stone. – English Proverb
You can’t get blood out of a turnip. – English Proverb
You can’t grease a “pig” so many times that he can’t be greased one more time. – English Proverb
You can’t have an omelette unless you break the egg. – English Proverb
You can’t have it both ways. – English Proverb
You can’t have your cake and eat it too. – English Proverb
You can’t hold with the hare and run with the hounds. – English Proverb
You can’t judge a book by its cover. – English Proverb
You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. – English Proverb
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. – English Proverb
You can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. – English Proverb
You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs. – English Proverb
You can’t make bricks without straw. – English Proverb
You can’t milk a bull. – English Proverb
You can’t milk a cow with your hands in your pants. – English Proverb
You can’t put an old head on young shoulders. – English Proverb
You can’t run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. – English Proverb
You can’t squeeze blood from a stone. – English Proverb
You can’t take it with you [when you die]. – English Proverb
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. – English Proverb
You can’t teach grandpa to suck eggs. – English Proverb
You can’t tell a book by its cover. – English Proverb
You can’t win them all. – English Proverb
You can’t win them all.You win a few, you lose a few. – English Proverb
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. – English Proverb
You don’t get nothing for nothing. – English Proverb
You don’t get something for nothing. – English Proverb
You don’t shit where you eat. – English Proverb
You get what you pay for. – English Proverb
You have to break a few eggs to make an omelette. – English Proverb
You have to crawl before you can walk. – English Proverb
You have to take the good with the bad. – English Proverb
You know the tree by its fruit. – English Proverb
You lose some… and you win some… and some you don’t even bother to play. – English Proverb
You may break a horse’s back, be he never so strong. – English Proverb
You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself. – English Proverb
You may find your best friend or your worst enemy in yourself. – English Proverb
You may find your worst enemy or best friend in yourself. – English Proverb
You may poke a man’s fire after you’ve known him for seven years. – English Proverb
You must look where it is not as well as where it is. – English Proverb
You must lose a fly to catch a trout. – English Proverb
You must not expect old heads upon young shoulders. – English Proverb
You must not run after two hares at the same time. – English Proverb
You need to bait the hook to catch the fish. – English Proverb
You never know what you can do till you try. – English Proverb
You never know what you can do until you try. – English Proverb
You never know what you’ve got till it’s gone. – English Proverb
You never miss a slice from a cut loaf. – English Proverb
You never miss the water till the well runs dry. – English Proverb
You pays your money and you takes your choice. – English Proverb
You reap what you sow. – English Proverb
You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. – English Proverb
You should lie down with the lamb and rise with the lark. – English Proverb
You will not rise to the occasion, you will default to the level of your training. – English Proverb
You win a few, you lose a few. – English Proverb
You win some, you lose some. – English Proverb
You’ll always miss 100% of the [basketball] shots you don’t take. – English Proverb
You’ll beguile none but those that trust you. – English Proverb
Young men may die, old men must. – English Proverb
Young men think old men fools, and old men know young men to be so. – English Proverb
Young men’s knocks old men feel. – English Proverb
Young people don’t know what age is, and old people forget what youth was. – English Proverb
Young saint, old devil. – English Proverb
Your een’s greedier than your guts. – English Proverb
Your thrift’s as gude as the profit o’ a yeld hen.
Your thrift’s as gude as the profit o’ a yeld hen. – English Proverb
Yourself first, others afterward. – English Proverb
Youth and age will never agree. – English Proverb
Youth is wasted on the young. – English Proverb
Youth never casts for peril. – English Proverb
Youth will be served. – English Proverb
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse. – English Proverb
Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light. – English Proverb
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly. – English Proverb