All About Quotes & Proverbs

About Quotes, Proverbs & Idioms

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What is a Proverb

Proverb is an expression generally a very concise one which is either a piece of Advice or reflects a universal truth.

What is a Quote

Quotation is generally a statement or phrase conceived by a known personality which becomes famous.

What is an Idiom

An idiom is a sentence, phrase, or group of words which has a specific symbolic meaning and usage which is different from the meaning of individual words.

What is a Saying

Saying and Proverbs are often used interchangeably. Both reflect a piece of Advice or a generally acceptable truth.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from Y

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You are never too old to learn..

You are what you eat.

You can eat an elephant if you do it one mouthful at a time.

You can have too much of a good thing.

You can not have your cake and eat it too.

You can not make something out of nothing.

You can’t get blood out of a stone.

You can’t have it both ways.

You can’t run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

You cannot get blood out of a stone.

You cannot lose what you never had.

You cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear

You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

You cannot make bricks without straw

You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

You cannot win them all

You can't get blood out of a stone

You can't live on bread alone.

You can't put an old head on young shoulders.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

You have to crawl before you walk.

You made your bed, now you must lie in it.

You must drink as you have brewed.

You must loose a fly to catch a trout.

You never know what you can do until you try.

You never know what you’ve got till it’s gone.

You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from W

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Wait and see.

Wake not a sleeping lion.

Walk before you can run.

Walls have ears.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Waste not want not.

We can always bear other people’s misfortunes.

We cannot erase the sad records from our past.

We do not always gain by changing.

We must learn to walk before we can run.

We must take the bad with the good.

We’ve arrived, and to prove it we’re here.

What a man says drunk, he thinks sober.

What can't be cured must be endured.

What do you expect from a pig, but a grunt?

What goes around, comes around

What goes up must come down

What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.

What we acquire without sweat, we give away without regret. Ill gotten, ill spent.

What you eat today walks and talks tomorrow.

What you get dirt cheap is often cheap as dirt.

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

What's the good of home, if you are never in it?

When a fox hears a rabbit screaming it comes running, but not to help.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

When poverty come in the door, love goes out.

When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

When three women gather, it becomes noisy.

When you drink from a stream, remember its source.

Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.

Where one door shuts, another opens.

Where there is muck there is brass.

Where there is smoke, there is fire.

Where there's a will there's a way.

Where there's smoke there's fire.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.

While the cat is away, the mice will play.

While there is life there is hope

Who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl.

Who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves.

who never gives Wage when asked

Whom the Gods love die young

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Wide ears and short tongue are the best.

Wisdom is better than strength.

Wisdom is neither inheritance nor a legacy.

Wisdom is the wealth of the wise.

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

With a responsibility comes great power.

With age comes wisdom. Wisdom comes from experience.

Without sleep, no health.

woman is the neck that turns the head.

Woman is the root of both good and evil

Won the battle and lost the war.

Wonders will never cease!

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness.

Work as if everything depends on me, but pray as if everything depends on God.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from V

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Variety is the spice of life.

Variety is the spice of life. William Cowper, English poet (1731–1800).

Virtue is its own reward.

Virtues all agree, but vices fight one another.

Visit your aunt, but not every day of the year.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from U

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Under the thorn grow the roses.

Union is strength. There is strength in numbers.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Unwillingness easily finds an excuse.

Up and down like a fiddler's elbow.

Use it or lose it.

Use not today what tomorrow will need.

Use soft words and hard arguments.

Using a cannon to shoot a mouse.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from T

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Tailors and writers must mind the fashion.

Take a hair of the dog that bit you.

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Take heed of reconciled enemies and of meat twice boiled.

Take your time and time will take you.

Take your wife's first advice.

Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice inside the ceiling laugh.

Talk is cheap.

Talk of the devil - and the devil appears.

Talk of the devil and he will appear.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

Talking comes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself

Teaching of others teacheth the teacher

Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil (Shakespeare, Henry IV),

Temper is so good a thing that we should never lose it.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The Absent are Always Wrong.

The accomplice is as bad as the thief.

The age of miracles is past .

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

The apprentice outperforms the master.

The beaten path is safest.

The best advice is found on the pillow.

The best cast at dice is not to play.

The best defence is a good offence.

The best doctors are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet and Dr Merryman.

The Best Fish Swim Near the Bottom.

The best ground bears weeds as well as flowers.

The best is yet to come.

The best of friends must part.

The best of men are but men at best.

The best things are not bought and sold.

The best things come in small packages.

The best things in life are free.

The best throw of the dice is to throw them away

The Best Wine Comes Out of an Old Vessel

The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry.

The bigger they are the harder they fall.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The birds and the bees.

The blood of the soldiers makes the glory of the general.

The boy is father to the man.

The boy is father to the man..

The bread never falls but on its buttered side

The butcher looked for his knife and it was in his mouth.

The cat is honest when the meat is out of her reach.

The child is the father of the man

The coat makes the man.

The cobbler always wears the worst shoes.

The cobra will bite you whether you call it cobra or Mr Cobra

The company makes the feast.

The course of love never did run smooth.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The customer is always right.

The darkest hour is before the dawn.

The devil find work for idle hands to do

The devil finds work for idle hands.

The Devil goes shares in gaming

The devil looks after his own.

The Devil rides upon a fiddlestick

The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil.

The die is cast.

The difficult we do at once, the impossible takes a little longer.

The dog that trots about finds a bone. Seek and ye shall find.

The early bird catches the worm

The early worm enjoys a leisurely breakfast

The end justifies the means

The exception which proves the rule.

The eyes are the window of the soul

The eyes speak as much as the mouth

The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory

The fairest flowers soonest fade. Whom the Gods love, die youmg.

The Fairest Rose at Last is Withered.

The female of the species is more deadly than the male.

The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them.

The first step is the hardest.

The first step to health is to know that we are sick.

The fish will soon be caught, that nibbles at every bait.

The fool wanders, the wise man travels.

The fox knows much, but more he who catches him.

The fruit does not fall far from the tree.

The giver makes the gift precious.

The gods help them that help themselves.

The golden age never was the present one.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

The greatest things are done by the aid of small ones.

The hand that gives, gathers. He benefits himself that does good to others.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

The harder you work, the luckier you are.

The hardest work is to do nothing.

The head and feet keep warm, the rest will take no harm.

The higer you climb, the harder you fall. Grasp all, loose all.

The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail.

The higher the tree, the sweeter the plum.

The higher you climb up the ladder, the more people can see your arse

The hood does not make the monk.

The horses of hope gallop, but the asses of experience go slowly

The house is a man’s castle.

The husband is always the last to know

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow. William Cowper, English poet (1731–1800)

The King can make a knight, but not a gentleman

The labourer is worthy of his hire

The last drop makes the cup run over

The longer you live the more you see.

The longest day must have an end

The longest journey begins with the first step.

The longest rope has an end

The longest way round is the sweetest way home.

The Lord loveth a cheerful liar.

The love of money is the root of all evil.

The man born to misfortune will fall on his back and fracture his nose.

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones

The meek shall inherit the earth.

The Moon does not heed the barking of dogs

The more haste, the less speed.

The more honest the man the worse the luck. Nice guy finishes last.

The more laws, the more offenses.

The more one knows, the less one believes

The more the merrier

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The more you get, the more you want

The most beautiful women are made for lovers who lack imagination

The mountain labored and gave birth to a mouse. Great cry and little wool.

The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.

The nail that sticks out gets banged down.

The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat

The obstinate man does not hold opinions; his opinions hold him.

The old believe everything, the middle aged suspect everything, the young know everything

The One who tells the stories rules the world

The only way to understand a woman is to love her

The pen is mightier than sword.

The phisician of others himself overruns with ulcers.

The pot calls the kettle black.

The price of greatness is responsibility

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance

The proof of the pudding is in the eating

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.

The receiver is as bad as the thief.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions

The rotten apple injures its neighbours

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot

The sleepy fox catches no chickens.

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

The squeaking wheel gets the grease

The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

The stick is the surest peacemaker

The straw that broke the camel's back

The sun shines on both sides of the hedge.

The tide never goes out so far but it always comes in again

The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit

The tongue wounds more than a lance.

The trouble with experience is that by the time you have it, you are too old to take advantage of it

The truth is in the wine.

The truth will out

The ugliest girl makes the best housewife.

The warrior lives an hornorable life even in poverty..

The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.

The wise man is deceived once but the fool twice.

The wise man never courts danger.

The wise shall understand.

The wish is father to the thought.

The world is full of willing people: some willing to work and some willing to let them

The worst wheel always creaks most.

The young man thinks the old mans stupid but the old man KNOWS the young man is

There are always ears on the other side of the wall

There are always more fish in the sea

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream

There Are No Atheists in Foxholes

There are none so blind as those that will not see

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

There are three classes of people one must not provoke: officials, customers and widows.

There are two sides to every question

There but for the grace of God go I

There is a black sheep in every flock.

There is a skeleton in every cupboard

There is a skeleton in every home.

There is a thin line between love and hate.

There is a time and a place for everything

There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

There is a trick in every trade.

There is always some madness in love But there is also always some reason in madness

There is always somebody worst of then yourself no matter how bad things seem

There is an exception to every rule

There is honour among thieves

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

There is many a slip 'twixt cup and lip

There is more than one way to skin a cat

There is no better looking-glass than an old friend.

There is no difference between a wise man and a fool when they fall in love

There is no fool like an old fool

There is no honour among thieves.

There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly

There is no physician like a true friend

There is no place like home

There is no smoke without fire

There is no such thing as a free lunch

There is no such thing as bad publicity

There is no time like the present

There is none so blind as those who will not see

There is nowt so queer as folk

There is safety in numbers

There will be rubs in the smoothest road

There’s always a calm before a storm.

There’s always more fish in the sea.

There’s many a slip twixt cup and lip.

There’s more than one way to skin a cat.

There’s no accounting for taste.

There’s no smoke without fire.

There’s no such thing as a free lunch.

There’s no such thing as bad publicity.

There’s none so deaf as they that will not hear.

There’s one born every minute.

There's many a slip, twixt cup and the lip.

There's no use in flogging a dead horse.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear

They Brag Most That Can Do the Least

They that dance must pay the fiddler

They that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind

They that walk much in the sun will be tanned at last

Things can only get better

Things that come to those who wait may be things left by those who got there first

Think before you speak

Think Much, Speak Little and Write Less

Third time is a charm

Third time lucky

Those who cast the votes decide nothing Those who count the votes decide everything

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it

Those who play the game do not see it as clearly as those who watch

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Though the wound be healed, a scar remains

Throw a sprat to catch a whale.

Time and tide wait for no man.

Time flies.

Time is a great healer.

Time is money.

Time to spare.

Time waits for nobody.

Time will tell

Tis better to get things for free, than to work up a sweat

To add insult to injury.

To be worn out is to be renewed. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – 531 BC)

To beard a lion in his den.

To bring coal to Newcastle.

To deceive oneself is very easy.

To each his own.

To eat one's heart out.

To err is human, to forgive divine.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart

To have is to hold and to hold is to have.

To kill two birds with one stone.

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

To look as if butter will not melt in his mouth.

To many people in a dustbin means there not much room in side

To scare a bird is not the way to catch it.

To search for a needle in the hay stack.

To the jaundiced eye all things look yellow.

To the victor the spoils.

To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world

To thine own self be true.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To wait and be patient soothes many a pang.

Tomorrow is a new day.

Tomorrow is another day.

Tomorrow is another day. Take things as they come.

Tomorrow never comes.

Too funny for words.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Too many Eskimos, too few seals.

Too many irons in the fire.

Too much bed makes a dull head.

Towards evening the lazy man begins to be busy.

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

True beauty lies within.

True blue will never stain.

True friends are tested in adversity.

True love is like a teardrop in Niagra falls

True love never grows old.

Trust is the mother of deceit.

Trust not a horse's heel nor a dog's tooth.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Truth will out. Truth and oil will always come to the top.

Trying to drive a square peg into a round hole.

Two blacks do not make a white.

Two cannot fall out if one does not choose.

Two Dogs Fight for a Bone, and a Third Runs Away With it.

Two fools in a house are too many.

Two heads are better then one.

Two peas in a pod.

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help and what he cannot help

Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife.

Two wrongs do not make a right.

Two wrongs may not make a right but three rights make a left.

Two’s company, three’s a crowd.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from S

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Sadness and gladness succeed each other.

Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

Saying is one thing, doing is another.

Saying is one thing; doing another.

Second place is first loser.

See a pin and pick it up, all the day you will have good luck; see a pin and let it lay, bad luck you will have all day

See Naples and die.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

See nothing, say nothing, know nothing.

Seeing is believing.

Seek and ye shall find.

Seize the day.

Seldom seen, soon forgotten.

Self praise is no recommendation.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a wolf to watch the sheep. Set a fox to watch the geese.

Set your sail according to the wind.

Seven-fifths of all people do not understand fractions

Shake the hand before you plough the field.

Share and share alike!

Shedding crocodile tears.

Shiny are the distant hills.

Shoemakers’ children go barefooted.

Shopping is a therapy.

Short reckonings make long friends.

Show a clean pair of heels.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Shut up and sit down.

Sickness in the body brings sadness to the mind.

Sign on the dotted line.

Silence gives consent.

Silence is an excellent remedy against slander.

Silence is golden.

Silence is less injurious than a bad reply.

Silence is the fence around wisdom.

Since before cocky was an egg.

Six of one and half a dozen of the other. Two of a kind.

Size matters.

Sleep is better than medicine.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Slow but sure.

Small faults indulged let in greater.

Small talk.

Small time crook

Smile and the world smiles with you, snore and you sleep alone.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Snug as a bug in a rug.

So long as you do your best in life, whatever happens will be for the best.

So many men, so many minds.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Some are wise and some are otherwise.

Some of the best gifts come in small packages.

Sometimes the majority only means all the fools are on the same side

Sound as a bell.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Speak as you find.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Speak when you are spoken to.

Split second timing.

Spots before the eyes.

St Swithins Day, if thou does rain, for forty days it will remain, St Swithins day if thou be fair for forty days twill rain no more

Star turn.

Step by step one goes far.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.

Sticks and stones will break my bones but names.

Still waters are the deepest.

Still waters run deep.

Stir With a Knife, Stir Up Strife.

Stolen fruit is the sweetest.

Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both

Stop beating around the bush.

Strangers are just friends you have not met yet.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Strong men of arms become like soft putty in the arms of women.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Sunlight penetrates even the thinnest crack

Suspicion breeds phantoms.Suspicion has double eyes.

Sympathy without relief is like mustard without beef.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from R

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Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Rain, Rain, go away, come back another day.

Rats desert a sinking ship.

Reading between the lines.

Ready money is ready medicine.

Red in the face.

Red sky at night shepherds delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds warning.

Rest breeds rust. Fall behind in practice and your skills will be gone.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Revenge is sweet.

Right between the eyes.

Right or wrong, my country.

Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a disgrace to any people

Rob Peter to pay Paul.

Rome is not built in one day.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Rules are made to be broken.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from Q

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Quality is an excuse for lack of quantity.

Quality is better than quantity.

Quickly come, quickly go.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from P

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Paddle your own canoe.

Pain is so close to pleasure.

Pain is temporary, victory is forever.

Paint applied to wall, money given for slut will never come back .

Pardon all but theyself.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Past cure, past care.

Patience is a virtue.

Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.

Peace begins just where ambition ends.

Pearls of wisdom.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

People who think the world revolves around them have no sense of direction.

Perfection is imperfect.

Persuasion is better than force.

Pick your friends like you pick your fruit.

Plant the crab tree where you will, it will never bear pippins.

Play with fire.

Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat

Possession is nine tenths of the law.

Poverty is a stranger to industry. At the work man’s house, hunger looks in but dares not enter.

Poverty waits at the gates of idleness.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Practice makes perfect.

Practise what you preach.

Pretty as a picture.

Prevention is better than cure.

Pride comes before a fall.

Pride feels no pain.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Promise is debt.

Promises are like babies Easy to make, hard to deliver.

Put the cat out.

Put your best foot forward.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from O

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Oaks may fall when reeds take the storm.

Oil and water do not mix.

Old fish and young flesh feed men best.

Old friends and old wine are best.

Old friends and wine are best.

Old habits die hard.

Old sins cast long shadows.

Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.

On cloud nine.

On second thoughts.

On the crest of a wave.

On the Turf all men are equal, and under it.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Once a word leaves your mouth, you cannot chase it back even with the swiftest horse.

Once bitten twice shy.

Once in a blue moon.

Once seen never forgotten.

One beats the bush, another takes the bird

One can lead a horse to the water but can not make him drink.

One cannot quarrel without an opponent

One doctor makes work for another.

One does not wash one’s dirty linen in public.

One false move may lose the game.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One foolish sheep will lead the flock

One good action excuses a dozen bad ones.

One good turn deserves another

One hand washes the other.

One hour’s sleep before midnight is worth two hours after.

One in a million.

One law for the rich and another for the poor.

One mans junk is another man's treasure.

One mans loss is another mans gain.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

One must suffer to be beautiful.

One of these days is none of these days.

One picture is worth a thousand words.

One rotten apple spoils the barrel.

One swallow doesn't make a summer.

One thing after another.

One today is worth two tomorrow.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

One who believes in Sword, dies by the Sword .

One who has the reputation of an early riser may safely lie in bed until noon.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Only fools and horses work.

Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.

Only real friends will tell you when your face is.

Only the good die young.

Only time will tell.

Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Open confession is good for the soul.

Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.

Opportunity makes a thief.

Opportunity only knocks once.

Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

Opposites attract.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Out of the blue.

Out of the frying pan into the fire.

Out of the mouth comes evil Out of the mouth comes evil.

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings.

Over greedy man, over wrathful woman will never flourish .

Over the moon.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from N

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Nature abhors a vacuum.

Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians.

Necessity is a hard nurse, but she raises strong children.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Need teaches a plan.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Neibor's sour curry is tasty .

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think

Never cackle unless you lay.

Never cast a clout until May be out.

Never choose bedlinen or a wife by candlelight

Never eat an oyster unless there is an R in the month

Never give a sucker an even break.

Never go to bed on an argument

Never judge by appearances

Never judge someone until you have traveled a mile in their shoes.

Never let the sun go down on your anger.

Never let the sun set on angry heart.

Never let the sun set on thy wrath.

Never make a mountain out of a molehill - The mountain will arrive soon enough

Never murder a man who is committing suicide.

Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.

Never put off til tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put off 'til tomorrow what you can do today.

Never put your tongue on an iceberg.

Never reveal a man's wage, and woman's age

Never speak ill of the dead.

Never spend your money before you have it.

Never stand on the tail of a hedgehog after midnight.

Never tell tales out of school.

Never the twain shall meet.

Never too old to learn.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

New broom sweeps clean.

Night is the Mother of Counsel

Nine tailors make a man,

No cows, no cares.

No fathers or mothers think their children ugly.

No gain without pain.

No Good Building Without a Good Foundation

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness

No life can be dreary when work is a delight.

No man can serve two masters.

No man is a hero to his valet.

No man is an island.

No man is wise at all times.

No man is worse for knowing the worst of himself.

No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.

No matter how long a log stays in the water it does not become a crocodile

No names, no pack-drill.

No news is good news.

No one can be caught in places he does not visit.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

No one grows old by living; only by losing interest in living

No one is expected to achieve the impossible

No pain, no gain.

No piper can please all ears.

No rest for the wicked

No rest for the wicked.

No smoke without fire.

No time to waste like the present.

No wind, no waves.

No wise man ever wishes to be younger.

None but the brave deserve the fair.

None but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches

None so blind as those who won’t see.

None so deaf as those who will not hear

Not in a month of Sundays.

Not to break is better than to mend.

Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.

Nothing falls into the mouth of a sleeping fox.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Nothing is ill said if it is not ill taken.

Nothing is interesting if you are not interested

Nothing seems expensive on credit.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing to worry about.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Nowt so queer as folk!

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from M

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Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Make haste slowly. The longest way round is the shortest way home.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Make love not war.

Man cannot live on bread alone.

Man is the head but woman turns it.

Man proposes, God disposes.

Man who wants pretty nurse, must be patient

Manners maketh man.

Manners maketh the man.

Many a little makes a mickle.

Many a mickle makes a muckle.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Many are called but few are chosen.

Many drops make a shower.

Many go out for wool and come home shorn.

Many hands make light work

Many people know how to say nothing; few know when

Many things are lost for want of asking

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers

Marriages are made in heaven.

Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Melt the icy fingers of fear with the sunshine of hope.

Memory is the treasure of the mind.

Men are from earth Women are from earth Deal with it

Men get spoiled by staying, Women get spoiled by wandering

Men make houses, women make homes.

Merry Nights Make Sorry Days.

Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places

Might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb.

Might is right.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Milk the cow but don't pull off the udder.

Mind your own business.

Misery loves company.

Misfortunes never come singly. Adding insult to injury.

Moderation in all things.

Money begets money.

Money burns a hole in your pocket.

Money does not grow on trees

Money doesn’t grow on trees.

Money earned by deceit, goes by deceit

Money is not everything.

Money is the root of all evil.

Money makes many things, but also makes devil dance .

Money makes the mare to go. Money is the key that opens every door. Money talks.

Money makes the world go around

Money makes the world go round.

Money talks.

Money talks, bullshit walks.

Money talks.

Money will soothe the itching palm.

More haste less speed.

Mother knows best.

Motivation is what gets you started habit is what keeps you going

Much pain, little gain.

Much too much.

Murder will out.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from L

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Late fruit keeps well.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and, you weep alone.

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone.

Laugh before breakfast, cry before supper.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

Lay by something for a rainy day. Repair the roof before it rains.

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Lean liberty is better than fat slavery.

Learn to say no It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin

Learn to walk before you run.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

Least said soonest mended.

Least talk most work.

Leave no stone unturned.

Leave tomorrow till tomorrow.

Lend your money and lose your friend

Let bygones be bygones.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Let the buyer beware.

Let the camel put his nose in the tent, his whole body will soon follow.

Let the dead bury the dead (N.T.)

Let the punishment fit the crime

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Let well alone.

Let your hair down.

Liars need good memories.

Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.

Life begins at forty.

Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved.

Life is beautiful.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Life is like a box of chocolates, sometimes hard, sometimes soft

Life is like a drawing pin - sharp at one end, and flat at the other.

Life is like a good book, the more you get into it the more it makes sense.

Life is like a horse race there are winners and losers.

Life is not all beer and skittles.

Life is one long catwalk.

Life is too short to waste time on trifles.

Life is what you make it.

Lifes trials may be hard to bear, but patience can outlive them.

Lightning never strikes in the same place twice.

Like a fish out of water.

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked man ruling over a helpless people

Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of gifts he does not give

Like cures like.

Like father, like son.

Like flogging a dead horse.

Like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Like music to my ears.

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life

Line up in alphabetical order.

Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise

Listen to the pot calling the kettle black.

Little and large.

Little and often fill the purse.

Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.

Little things please little minds.

Little white lie.

Live and let live.

Live for today for tomorrow never comes.

Live to the point of tears.

Long absent, soon forgotten..

Long time no see.

Look after number one.

Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.

Look before you leap.

Look both ways.

Look good, feel good.

Look on the bright side.

Look the other way.

Lookers-on see most of the game.

Loose lips sink ships.

Losers weepers, finders keepers.

Lost in the post.

Lost time is never found again.

Lots of people confuse bad management with destiny.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love conquers all.

Love does much but money does all.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.

Love is blind.

Love is blind The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 1 (1591)

Love is blind.

Love is like a fire, it can either warm your heart or burn your house down

Love is the strangest thing

Love laughs at the locksmiths.

Love levels all inequalities.

Love makes a good eye squint..

Love makes the world go around.

Love makes the world go round.

Love many, trust few, but always paddle your own canoe

love me love my dog.

Love nature , live lightly

Love sees no faults.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear.

Love thy neighbour as thy self.

Love to live and live to love.

Love will find a way.

Love with life is heaven; and life unloving, hell.

Loving life is living life to the fullest.

Lucky at cards, unlucky in love.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from K

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Keep It Simple (The KISS principal).

Keep your chin up.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Keep your powder dry.

Keep your powder dry. Valentine Blacker, 1834 from Oliver's Advice

Kill not the goose that lays the golden egg.

Kill one to warn a hundred.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Kindness begets kindness.

Kiss and make up.

Kiss and tell.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Knowing is not enough; We must Apply Willing is not enough; We must Do.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from J

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Jack of all trades, master of none.
Joy shared is double joy; grief shared is (only) half grief.
Judge not that you be not judged.
Judge not, that ye be not judged. St. Matthew 7:1, King James Bible.
Just between you and me.
Justice delayed is justice denied.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from I

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I am rubber and you are glue. Your words bounce off me and stick to you.

I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet.

I pointed out to you the stars and all you saw was the tip of my finger.

Idle people lack no excuses.

If a camel gets his nose in a tent, his body will soon follow.

If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well.

If a son is uneducated, his dad is to blame.

If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

If at first you do not succeed, try, try and try again.

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

If Fortune calls, offer him a seat

If God had meant us to fly he’d have given us wings.

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there’d be no work for tinkers.

If in doubt, mumble.

If life deals you lemons, make lemonade.

If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.

If the Blind Lead the Blind, Both Shall Fall Into the Ditch

If the cap fits, wear it.

If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain

If the shoe fits, wear it.

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars

If there were no losers there could be no winners.

If wealth is lost,nothing is lost.If health is lost, something is lost. If character is lost, everything is lost.

If we're not back by dawn, call the President.

If wishes were horses beggars would ride.

If you believe everything you read, you better not read.

If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.

If you can’t be good, be careful..

If you can’t beat them, join them.

If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

If you cannot be good, be careful.

If you can't help, don't hinder.

If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either.

If you don't know where you're going, then the journey is never ending.

If you don't say it you will not have to unsay it.

If you educate a man you educate an individual but if you educate a woman you educate a family

If you get a good wife you will be happy, if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher

If you get it overnight, you can lose it just as quick.

If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll always ask for a glass of milk.

If you keep your mouth shut, you won’t put your foot in it.

If you lie down with dogs you will come up with fleas.

If you lose your temper, don't look for it.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

If you see something you like, take it and make it better.

If you steal from one author, it is plagiarism; if you steal from many, it is research. Wilson Mizner (1876–1933)

If you think that you know everything, then you're a Jack ass.

If you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

If you wish to be loved, love.

If you would enjoy the fruit, pluck not the flower

If you're growing in Age,then you're nearing to the Graveyard

Ignorance is bliss.

Ill news runs apace. Bad news travels fast.

Ill-gotten gains never prosper.

I'm going to have to give you the pink slip.

Imagination is the highest kite you can fly.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

In a battle between elephants, the ants get squashed

In April,a youg mans thoughts turn to fancy!

In black and white.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

In one ear and out the other.

In the coldest flint there is hot fire.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

In the land of hope there is never any winter.

In the Land of the Blind the One Eyed Man is King

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

In times of prosperity friends are plentiful.

In vino veritas.

Innocent as a new born babe.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Inverted comma.

Is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness

It can't happen here is number one on the list of famous last words.

It goes without saying.

It is a long lane that has no turning.

It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait

It is all grist to the mill.

It is always darkest before the dawn.

It is an ill wind that blows no one any good.

It is best to be on the safe side.

It is better to be born lucky than rich.

It is better to be green and growing than ripe and rotten.

It is better to cultivate a Land with two Bulls, rather working under Boss

It is better to give than to receive.

IT is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

It is better to love and lost than never to love at all.

It is better to stay silent and be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

It is easier to destroy than to build.

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission

It is easy to be wise after the event.

It is foolish to deal with a fool.

It is good to be knowledgeable, but better to be lovable

It is good to have company in misery.

It is in vain to cast your net where there is no fish.

It is never too late to learn.

It is nice to be important but it is more important to be nice

It is no use crying over spilt milk.

It is possible to give without loving but it is impossible to love without giving

It is the early bird that gets the worm.

It is the empty can that makes the most noise.

It is the first step that is difficult.

It is the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It is too late to learn how to box, when you are in the ring.

It is what is in the mind when sober, that comes out of the mouth when drunk.

It needs a Hundred Lies to cover a Single Lie .

It never rains but it pours.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It takes one bad apple to spoil the barrel!

It takes one day to destroy a house but to build a new one will take months, perhaps years

It takes one to know one.

It takes two to have an argument.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It takes two to tango.

It will all come out in the wash.

It’s a good horse that never stumbles.

It’s a long lane that has no turning.

It’s all grist to the mill.

It’s an ill wind that blows no one good.

It’s better to give than to receive.

It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

It’s better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

It’s easy to be generous with another man’s money.

It’s easy to be wise after the event.

It’s never too late to mend.

It’s no use crying over spilt milk.

It’s not over till it’s over.

It’s not worth crying over spilt milk.

It’s the early bird that gets the worm.

It’s the empty can that makes the most noise.

It’s the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

It’s too late to cover the well when the child is drowned.

Its a dogs life.

It's a poor job that can't carry one boss.

Its a wise child that knows its own father

It's all in a days work.

It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest.

It's an ill wind that blows no-one some good.

It's an old dog for a hard road.

It's either all or nothing.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

It's not over till it's over.

Its only rock n roll but I like it.

It's the thought that counts.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from H

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Half a loaf is better than no bread.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Hall binks are oft sliddery. An explanation

Handsome is as handsome does.

Happiness is not a state of mind, but a manner of travelling

Happiness is wanting what you have - not having what you want

Happy is the bride the sun shines on.

Hard cases make bad law.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Haste makes waste.

Hasty climbers have sudden falls

Hasty judgements are generally faulty.

Hate is like cancer slowly eating us away inside

Hatred is as blind as love.

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs

Have you ever noticed? anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac

He bears misery best that hides it most.

He borrows like an angel and pays back like the devil himself.

He can who believes he can.

He has enough who is content.

He has two stomachs to eat and none to work.

He is always right who suspects that he makes mistakes

He is an ill companion that has a good memory

He is at Ease Who Has Enough.

He Is Rich Enough That Wants Nothing.

He is rich that is satisfied.

He knows best what good is that has endured evil

He Lives Long Who Lives Well.

He That Brings Good News Knocks Hard.

He that digs a pit for others falls himself..

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing

He that hurts another, hurts himself..

He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others

He that knows nothing, doubts nothing

He that lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon.

He that pays last never pays twice.

He that plants a tree plants for posterity.

He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill!

He that steals an egg will steal an ox.

He That Teaches Himself has a Fool for his Master

He that touches pitch shall be defiled.

He That Will Not Be Counselled Cannot Be Helped

He that will steal an egg will steal an ox..

He travels fastest who travels alone.

He who awaits much receives little.

He who can does, he who cannot, teaches

He who comes with a story to you will bring two away from you

He who dares wins.

He who does not honour his wife dishonours himself.

He who drinks a little too much drinks much too much.

He who drinks Australian Thinks Australian.

He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

He who flies high is a short step from a big fall.

He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.

He who has once burnt his mouth always blows his soup.

He who hesitates is lost.

He who is ABSENT is always in the Wrong.

He who is in hell knows not what heaven is.

He Who Keeps Company with the Wolf Will Learn How to Howl

He who knows better has never tried it.

He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – 531 BC)

He who knows nothing fears nothing.

He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.

He who laughs last laughs best.

He who laughs last laughs longest.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

He who laughs last, thinks the slowest!

He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.

He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – 531 BC)

He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

He who plays with fire will get burnt.

He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.

He who rises late must trot all day.

He who sings drives away sorrow.

He who sleeps forgets his hunger.

He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon.

He who wants to do good, knocks at the gate, he who loves finds the gates open.

He who wills the end wills the means.

He who won't be advised, can't be helped.

He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty

He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.

He who wronged you will hate you.

He wouldn’t give you the paring of his nails.

Head for cover.

Head over heels.

Health is better than wealth.

Heavy givers are light complainers.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Help a lame dog over a stile.

Here today, gone tomorrow.

Hindsight is 20/20.

Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

His bark is louder than his bite.

His eyes are bigger than his belly.

History repeats itself.

Hole in one.

Home is where the heart is

Home is where the heart is.

Home is where you hang your hat.

Home sweet home.

Honesty is the best policy.

Honey catches more flies than vinegar.

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

Hope springs eternal.

However long the night, the dawn will break.

Hunger is a good sauce.

Hunger is not dainty.

Hunger is the best sauce.

Hunger is the best spice.

Hunger never knows the taste, sleep never knows the comfort .

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from G

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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.

Genius is an Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains.

Gentle is that gentle does.

Get up and go.

Gie yer tongue mair holidays nor yer heid.

Girls say “No”, meaning “Yes”.

Give a clown a finger and he will take your hand.

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself

Give and spend and God will send.

Give credit where credit is due.

Give him an inch and he will take a mile .

Give Neither Counsel Nor Salt till You Are Asked For It.

Give someone an inch and they will take a mile.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang.

Give the hog a finger and he will take the whole hand.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

Gluttony kills more than the sword.

Go along for the ride.

Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.

God cures and the physician takes the fee.

God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself.

God gives every bird its food, but does not always drop it into the nest.

God help the poor, for the rich can help themselves.

God helps those who help themselves.

God is Always on the Side of the Big Battalions

God made the country and man made the town!

God on his mouth and the devil in his heart.

Golden dishes will never turn black.

Good accounting makes good friends.

Good and quickly seldom meet.

Good and quickly seldom meet..

Good broth may be made in an old pot.

Good company on the road is the shortest cut.

Good eating deserves good drinking.

Good fences make good neighbors.

Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget

Good looking

Good people are scarce.

Good talk saves the food.

Good things come in small packages.

Good things come to those who wait.

Goodness is better than beauty.

Gossips are frogs, they drink and talk.

Grease is the only cure for a hangover

Great men show greatness in youth.

Great minds think alike.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Great oaks grow from little acorns.

Greediness burst the bag.

Greedy folks have long arms.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Grow angry slowly, there's plenty of time.

Grow your own dope - plant a man!

Grumbling makes the loaf no larger.

Gut No Fish Till You Get Them.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from F

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Face to face.

Fact is stranger than fiction.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Failure teaches success.

Faint heart never won fair lady (Scott),

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Fair without , false within.

Fairest gems lie deepest. Last but not least.

Faith will move mountains.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Falling star.

False friends are worse than open enemies.

Familiarity breeds contempt

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Fate leads the willing but drives the stubborn

Fear lends wings.

Feed a cold starve a fever.

Few words and many deeds.

Fight fire with fire.

Fine feathers make fine birds.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

First come, first served.

First deserve than desire.

First Impressions are the Most Lasting.

First impressions are the most lasting.

First in best dressed.

First in the queue.

First things first.

Fish always stinks from the head downwards.

Fish and guests stink after three days.

Fish are no respectors of human boredom, so why go angling.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Flies Come to Feasts Unasked.

Flies never visit an egg that has no crack.

Fogiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the foot that crushed it

Follow the man you marry, be he a fool or a crook.

Folly grows without watering.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

Fools and madmen speak the truth

Fools build houses, and wise men live in them.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools seldom differ.

Football is a game of two halves.

For better, for worse.

For sale.

Forbidden fruit is the sweetest.

Forbidden fruits create many jams.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Forgive and forget.

Fortune favors fools. Happy go lucky.

Fortune favours the brave.

Four eyes are better than two.

Four poster bed.

Four things drive a man out of his house: too much smoke, a dripping roof, filthy air and a scolding wife

Fresh as a daisy.

Fresh pork and new wine kill a man before his time.

Fretting cares make grey hairs.

Friend to all is a friend to none.

Friends are made by many acts - and lost by only one.

Friendship is like money,easier made than kept.

Friendship is love with understanding.

From clogs to clogs in only three generations.

From the sweetest wine the tartest vinegar.

From trivial things, great contests often arise.

Frosting the cake.

Fruit out of season, sorrow out of reason.

Full of hope.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from E

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Early bird gets the worm.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.

Easier said than done.

East is east, and west is west

East or West, home is best.

East, west, home is best,

East, West, home’s best. There is no place like home.

Easy come, easy go.

Easy peasy.

Eat to live, don’t live to eat.

Eat well, stay fit, die anyway

Eat when you’re hungry, and drink when you’re dry.

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

Elbow grease is the best polish.

Eloquence is silver, silence is golden.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Empty barrels make the most sound.

Empty sacks will never stand upright

Empty vessels make the most noise.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Enough is enough.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day.

Even a flea can bite.

Even a worm will turn.

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in grief.

Every Ass Loves to Hear Himself Bray.

Every bird loves to hear himself sing.

Every blade of grass has its share of the dews.

Every body wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Every cook commends his own sauce. Even an ass loves to hear himself bray.

Every Cook Praises His Own Broth.

Every cross has its inscriptions.

Every dark cloud has a silver lining.

Every devil has not a cloven hoof.

Every disease will have its course Every dog has his day.

Every dog has its day.

Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

Every flow hath its ebb.

Every Jack has his Jill.

Every little helps.

Every man diverts water to his own mill.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost

Every man has a price.

Every man has his price.

Every man is the architect of his destiny.

Every path has its puddle.

Every picture tells a story.

Every potter praises his own pot.

Every rose has its thorn.

Every rule has its exception.

Every sluggard has his excuses.

Every Soldier has the Baton of a Field Marshal in his Knapsack

Every step of life is a risk.

Every stick has two ends.

Every wench has her sweetheart, and the dirtiest the most. Every Jack has his Jill.

Every why has a wherefore.

Everybody must row with the oars he has.

Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

Everyday is a fresh slate.

Everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet

Everything comes in time to him that can wait.

Everything comes to him who waits.

Everything has an end.

Everything in the garden is rosy.

Everything is good in its season.

Everything must have a beginning.

Everything under the sun.

Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding.

Experience is a great servant.

Experience is a wonderful thing It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

Experience is better bought than taught.

Experience is the best teacher.

Experience is the father of wisdom.

Experience is the hardest teacher.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from D

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Damage suffered makes you knowing, but seldom rich.

Danger can never be overcome without taking risks

Danger is next neighbor to security.

Danger passed, God forgotten.

Dead men tell no tales.

Death is the great leveler.

Death pays all debts.

Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves.

Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.

Devil take the hindmost.

Diamond cuts diamond.

Diamonds are forever.

Different sores must have different salves.

Different strokes for different folk.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Discretion is the better part of valor.

Diseases come on horseback, but steal away on foot.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Distance makes the heart grow fonder.

Divide and rule.

Do as I say, and not as I do.

Do as you would be done by.

Do not bite off more than you can chew.

Do not bite the hand that feeds you.

Do not burn your bridges behind you.

Do not cast your pearls before swine.

Do not change horses in midstream.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Do not cross the bridge till you come to it.

Do not cry over spilt milk.

Do not cut off your nose to spite your face.

Do not in an instant what an age cannot recompense.

Do not keep a dog and bark yourself.

Do not let the bastards grind you down.

Do not look a gift horse in the mouth.

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

Do not make a mountain of a mole hill.

Do not meet troubles half-way.

Do not praise yourself while going into battle; praise yourself coming out of battle.

Do not put all your eggs in one basket.

Do not put new wine into old bottles.

Do not put the cart before the horse.

Do not rock the boat.

Do not search for a calf under an ox.

Do not spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar.

Do not teach your Grandmother to suck eggs

Do not throw pearls to swine.

Do not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Do not try to walk before you can crawl.

Do not upset the apple-cart.

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from a friends forehead.

Do not wash your dirty linen in public.

Do not wear out your welcome.

Do right and fear no man.

Do unto others as you would have done to you.

Doctors make the worst patients.

Dogs of the same street bark alike.

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Don’t burn your bridges before they’re crossed.

Don’t burn your bridges behind you.

Don’t cross the bridge till you come to it.

Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.

Don’t have too many irons in the fire.

Don’t keep a dog and bark yourself.

Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill.

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

Don’t put new wine into old bottles.

Don’t rock the boat.

Don’t shut the barn door after the horse is gone.

Don’t shut the gate after the horse has bolted.

Don’t spit into the wind.

Don’t spoil the ship for a ha’pworth of tar.

Don’t take your harp to the party.

Don’t teach your grandmother how to suck an egg.

Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater.

Don’t upset the apple-cart.

Don't advertise: Tell it to a gossip.

Don't answer back.

Don't bark if you can't bite.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Dont count the days, make the days count!

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

Don't cross your bridges until you come to them.

Don't go off half-cocked.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

Don't knock on death's door, ring the doorbell and run.

Dont make love at the garden gate, love is blind but the neighbors aint.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't rely on the label on the bag.

Don't talk back.

Don't throw the baby out with the bath-water.

Don't try kicking against the wind.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

Draw a line under.

Draw Not Your Bow Till the Arrow is Fixed.

Draw the snake from its hole by another man’s hand Draw the snake from its hole by another man’s hand.

Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage.

Due to the presence of fools, wise people stand out.

Dump husband in September, you have to get rid of the spiders.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from C

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Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

Call a spade a spade.

Careless talk costs lives.

Cast ne’er a clout till May is out.

cat may look at a king.

Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance

Charity begins at home.

Charity covers a multitude of sins

Cheap is dear in the long run.

Cheats never prosper.

Cheerfulness smooths the road of life.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Children are to be seen, not heard.

Children Have Wide Ears and Long Tongues.

Cider on beer, never fear; beer upon cider, makes a bad rider.

Civility costs nothing.

Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

Clothes don’t make the man.

Clothes don't make the man.

Clothes make a man.

Coin a phrase.

Cold hands warm heart.

Common fame is seldom to blame.

Comparisons are odorous.

Confess and be hanged.

Confession is good for the soul.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth.

Conscience makes cowards of us all.

Constant dripping wears away the stone.

Constant occupation prevents temptation.

Content is health to the sick and riches to the poor.

Count you blessings.

Courage is the measure of a Man, Beauty is the measure of a Woman .

Cowards die many times, but a brave man only dies once.

Credit won by lying is quick in dying.

Crime does not pay.

Cross the stream where it is the shallowest.

Crows are black all over the world.

Cultivate money and you grow rich, Cultivate mind and you raise culture.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Cut your coat according to your cloth.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from B

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Bad news travels fast.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Be a good sport - wherever you go.

Be first at the feast, and last at the fight.

Be just before you are generous.

Be kind to people on the way up, you may need them when you are on your way down

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Beautiful is not what is beautiful, but what one likes

Beauty and Honesty Seldom Agree.

Beauty is but skin deep.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume

Beer before wine is fine Wine before beer makes you feel queer!

Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails

Before enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water; after enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water.

Before you meet the handsome prince you have to kiss a lot of toads.

Beggars and borrowers cannot be choosers.

Begin with a big bang and end with a bust.

Behind every great man there’s a great woman.

Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see

Best to bend it while it's a twig.

Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.

Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.

Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

Better be alone than in bad company.

Better be the head of a dog then the tail of a lion.

Better be the head of a lizard than the tail of a lion.

Better bend than break.

Better die with honor than live with shame.

Better do it than wish it done.

Better flatter a fool than fight him.

Better have an egg today than a hen tomorrow.

Better late than never.

Better late thrive than never do well.

Better lose the saddle than the horse.

Better one house spoiled than two

Better safe than sorry.

Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.

Better the devil you know than the devil you do not.

Better to aim high and miss, than to aim low and reach target!

Better to be envied than pitied.

Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud

Better to be poor and healthy rather than rich and sick.

Better to drink the milk than to eat the cow.

Better to go back than go wrong.

Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

Better to have than to wish.

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

Better to remain silent and appear a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Better to wear out than rust out.

Better untaught than ill-taught

Better wed over the mixen than over the moor.

Between two stools, one falls to the ground. To straddle the fence.

Big fish eat little fish.

Big mouthfuls often choke.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Birth is much, breeding is more.

Bitter pills may have blessed effects.

Blessings Are Not Valued Until They Are Gone.

Blethers say nought

Blood is thicker than water.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Books and friends should be few and good.

Borrowed Garments Never Fit Well.

Box of tricks.

Boxed in.

Brain is better than brawn.

Bread is the staff of life.

Bread never falls but on its buttered side.

Brevity is the soul of wit (Shakespeare),

Bring up a raven and he will peck out your eyes.

Broken bones well set become stronger.Storm Makes oaks take deeper root.

Broken in two.

Burn not your house to fright the mouse away.

Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night.

By hook or by crook.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from A

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A bad carpenter quarrels with his tools.

A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept

A bad penny always comes back.

A bad tree does not yield good apples.

A bad workman blames his tools.

A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain

A barking dog never bites

A best friend is like a four leaf clover, Hard to find and lucky to have

A bird can sing with a broken wing, but you cant pluck feathers off a frog

A bird in hand is worth two in a bush.

A bird makes his nest little by little.

A black plum is as sweet as a white

A blind hen can sometimes find a grain of wheat.

A book holds a house of gold

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket

A book that is shut is but a block.

A boot licker.

A broken friendship may be soldered but will never be sound

A bully is always a coward.

A burden of one's own choice is not felt.

A burnt cat will avoid a cold stove.

A burnt child dreads the fire.

A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it

A cat has nine lives.

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

A change is as good as a rest.

A constant guest is never welcome

A creaking door hangs longest

A crowd is not company

A danger foreseen is half avoided

A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy

A Deaf Husband and a Blind Wife are Always a Happy Couple

A diamond in the dunghill.

A dog who attends a flea circus most likely will steal the whole show

A drop of ink may make a million think

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A fair exchange is no robbery

A faithful friend is a medicine for life

A fault confessed is half redressed.

A fly will not get into a closed mouth

A fool and his money are soon (easily) parted.

A fool at forty is a fool forever.

A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions

A fool gives; a wise man takes

A fool in a gown is none the wiser.

A Fool May Give a Wise Man Counsel

A fool uttereth all his mind.

A fool will laugh when he is drowning

A fox smells its own lair first.

A friend in need is a friend indeed

A friend is easier lost than found.

A friend is not so soon gotten as lost

A friend to all is a friend to none.

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

A friend's eye is a good mirror.

A friend's frown is better than a fool's smile.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread

A gentleman without an estate is a pudding without suet

A good beginning makes a good ending

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

A good denial, the best point in law

A good example is the best sermon.

A good friend is one's nearest relation.

A good lawyer must be a great liar

A good mate is the road map for the spaghetti junction of life

A good name is better than a good face

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold

A good surgeon has an eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart, and a lady’s hand.

A good thing is all the sweeter when won with pain.

A Good Tongue is a Good Weapon

A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret

A gossips mouth is the devils postbag

A great dowry is a bed full of brambles

A Growing Youth Has a Wolf in His Belly

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

A hairy man is a happy man, a hairy wife is a witch

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains

A handsome shoe often pinches the foot.

A happy heart is better than a full purse

A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones

A heavy purse gives to a light heart

A hedge between keeps friendship green

A helping hand is no farther than at the end of your sleeve

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A house is not a home

A huge part of real love is constant forgiveness

A jack of all trades is master of none.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

A leopard cannot change its spots.

A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.

A lie has no legs.

A light purse makes a heavy heart.

A little body doth often harbour a great soul.

A little each day is much in a year.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A little of what you fancy does you good

A live dog is better than a dead lion.

A loaded wagon makes no noise.

A loveless life is a living death.

A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.

A man is as old as he feels himself to be.

A man is at his tallest when he stoops to help a child

A man is judged by his deeds, not by his words

A man is known by the company he keeps.

A man of straw needs a woman of gold.

A Man of Words and Not of Deeds is Like a Garden Full of Weeds

A man that breaks his word bids other be false to him

A man too careful of danger lives in continual torment.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client

A man with a hammer sees every problem as a nail

A man’s best fortune, or worst, is his wife.

A man's intentions seldom add to his income.

A merry heart makes a long life.

A miss is as good as a mile

A monkey in silk is a monkey no less.

A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse

A penny always turns up

A penny saved is a penny earned

A person who can smile when things go wrong has found someone to blame it on

A picture is worth a thousand words

A place for everything and everything in its place

A point is the beginning of magnitude.

A poor man is better than a liar.

A positive pessimist is better than a negative optimist

A problem is a chance for you to do your best

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A proverb never lies, it is only its meaning which deceives

A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day

A reed before the wind lives on, while might oaks do fall

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A rotten apple spoils the barrel.

A scalded cat fears cold water

A short absence quickens love, a long absence kills it.

A short cut is often a wrong cut.

A single penny fairly got is worth a thousand that are not.

A slap on the back is only a few inches away from a kick in the butt

A slip of the tongue is no fault of the mind and he who laughs is very unkind

A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den

A Small Spark Makes a Great Fire

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

A soft answer turneth away wrath

A sound mind in a sound body.

A spark can start a great fire.

A sprat to catch a mackerel.

A spy with flatulence will always blow his cover.

A squirrel is just a rat with good PR.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A stumble may prevent a fall.

A swallow does not make the summer.

A thin bush is better than no shelter.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A throne is only a bench covered in purple velvet.

A tidy house holds a bored woman

A tree is known by its fruit.

A tree loaded with fruits is always bowed

A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand, but touches your heart.

A true word needs no oath.

A velvet saddle doesn’t fit on the back of a jackass.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A watched pot never boils

A wink is as good as a nod, to a blind man.

A wise head keeps a still tongue

A wise man doesn't need advice, and a fool won't take it.

A wise man shall hold his tongue till he sees his opportunity.

A wise son brings joy to his father,but a foolish son grief to his mother

A woman’s place is in the home.

A woman’s work is never done.

A wonder lasts but nine days.

A word spoken is past recalling.

A word to the wise is enough,

A young idler, an old beggar.

Abandon not your old clothes till you get your new.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. John Dalberg-Acton, 1887,

Abundance, like want, ruins many

Actions speak louder than words.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance

Adversity doesnt build character, it reveals it

Adversity Makes Strange Bedfellows

After a famine in the stall comes a famine in the hall

After a storm comes a calm.

After all is said and done, more is said than done

After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.

After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box

After the storm comes the calm.

After us the deluge.

Age before beauty

Age has no friend but the wrinkles of the mind

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity

Agree, For The Law is Costly

All are not cooks that walk with long knives

All aren't hunters that blow the horn.

All beginning is difficult The first million is the hardest

All cats are grey in the dark.

All days are short to Industry and long to Idleness.

All flowers are not in one garland.

All good things come to an end.

All good things come to he who waits.

All good things come to those who wait.

All is fair in love and war.

All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds

All is grist that comes to the mill

All is well that ends well

All lay loads on a willing horse!

All roads lead to Rome.

All sunshine makes a desert

All that glitters is not gold.

All the world loves a lover

All things are difficult before they are easy.

All things come to those who wait.

All things thrive on thrice.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All you need is love.

All's well that ends well.

Always in a hurry, always behind.

Always the bridesmaid,never the bride

Always you are to be rich next year.

An ant may well destroy a whole dam.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

An army marches on its stomach. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), Emperor of France

An ass loaded with books think himself a scholar.

An empty purse frightens away friends.

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

An idle man is the devil's playfellow.

An injury is forgiven better than an injury revenged.

An innocent bystander often gets beaten up.

An old eagle is better than a young bird.

An old fox is not easily snared.

An old fox need learn no craft.

An old Ox makes a straight furrow.

An onion a day keeps everyone away.

An onion will not produce a rose.

An open door may tempt a saint.

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Anger and hate hinder good counsel.

Anger is the one thing made better by delay.

Angry Men Make Themselves a Bed of Nettles

Angry words fan the fire like wind.

Another day, another dollar

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do

Any port in a storm

Any publicity is good publicity.

Anybody can make history Only a great man can write it

Appearances are deceptive.

April showers bring May flowers.

Art has no enemy but ignorance.

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

As busy as a bee.

As delicate as a baby's eye lashes

As dry as chapped lips.

As fit as a fiddle.

As hard as nails.

As like as chalk and cheese.

As one door closes, another always opens.

As safe as houses.

As sick as a dog.

As soft as velvet.

As strong as love.

As the old cock crows so crows the young.

As the old hen crows, so crows her chicks.

As the saying goes.

As useful as a chocolate fireguard (or teapot).

As wrinkled as an elephant's hide.

As you go through life, make this your goal, watch the doughnut and not the hole.

As you make your bed you must lie upon it.

As you sow, so shall you reap .

Ask a silly question and you will get a silly answer

Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.

Ask my companion if I be a thief .

At a round table there's no dispute about the place.

At home a lion, outside a lamb.

Attack is the best form of defense.