Proverbs

A constant guest is guest that is never welcome

A fool believes everything

A good scare is worth more than good advice

A lawyer’s opinion is worth nothing unless paid for

All are not saints that go to church

Although there exists many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet. (Chinese Proverb)

A meal without flesh is like feeding on grass (Indian Proverb)

An apple-pie without some cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze

A priest sees people at their best, a lawyer at their worst, but a doctor sees them as they really are

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Better be envied than pitied

Better a thousand enemies outside the house than one inside

Better late than never

Birds of a feather flock together

Bread is the staff of life

Blood is thicker than water

Charity begins at home

Cold hands warm heart

Constant dripping wears away stone

Curiosity killed the cat

Cut your coat according to your cloth

Do as I say not as I do

Dog does not eat dog

Doing is better than saying

Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched

Don’t cross the bridge before you come to it

Don’t spoil the ship for a ha’porth of tar

Don’t wash your dirty linen in public

Easier said than done

Eat to live and not live to eat

Empty vessels make the greatest sound

Even a worm will turn

Every dog has its day

Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard

Every dog is allowed one bite

Faith will move mountains

Fight fire with fire

Familiarity breeds contempt

Fine feathers make fine birds

Faith will move mountains

First impressions are the most lasting

First things first

Fish and guests smell in three days

Fools live poor to die rich

Forgive and forget

Give a thief enough rope and he will hang himself

Give him an inch and he will take a yard

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

Good fences make good neighbours

Haste makes waste

He that knows little often repeats it

He that knows nothing, doubts nothing

He travels fastest who travels alone

He who hesitates is lost

He who pays the piper calls the tune

He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon

Hoist you sail when the wind is fair

Honesty is the best policy

Hunger is the best sauce

If you play with fire you get burnt

If wishes were horses beggars would ride

If you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen

In for a penny in for a pound

If you want a thing well done, do it yourself

In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

It is a long road that has no turning

It is better to be born lucky than rich

It never rains but it pours

It is no use crying over spilt milk

It’s a small world

It takes two to make a quarrel

It takes two to tango

It will be all the same in a hundred years

Jack of all trades master of none

Judge not lest you be judged

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open

Keep  your weather-eye open

Knowledge is power

Know thyself

Knock and the door will be opened onto  you

Keep no more cats than catch mice

Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper

Learning is a treasure that accompanies its owner everywhere

Least said soonest mended

Leave well enough alone

Life begins at 40

Look before you leap

Life is sweet

Live and learn

Look after number one

Look on the bright side

Love is blind

Love me love my dog

Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge

Lucky at cards, unlucky in love

Make hay while the sun shines

Many a true word is spoken in jestMany hands make light work

Many irons in the fire some must cool

Manners maketh the man

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

Marriages are made in  heaven

Marry  in Lent, and you’ll live to repent

Marry in May, rue the day

Mind your own business

Moderation in all things

Music is the food of love

Ne’re cast a clout till May be out

Never do things by halves

Never judge from appearances

Never look a gift horse in the mouth

No love like the first love

No news is good news

Nothing ventured nothing gained

New broom sweeps clean

No man is an island

Nothing succeeds like success

One good turn deserves another

One hour’s sleep before midnight is worth two after

One swallow does not make a summer

Opportunity seldom knocks twice

Out of sight out of mind

One joy scatters a hundred griefs

Old is gold

Patience is a virtue

Poverty is not a crime

Practise what you preach

Punctuality is the politeness of princessPut off the evil hour as long as  you can

Paddle your own canoe

Power corrupts absolute power corrupts absolutely

Rain before seven: fine before eleven

Red sky at night shepherd’s delight, red sky in the morning shepherd’s warning

Revenge is a dish best served cold

Rolling stone gathers no moss

Rats desert a sinking ship

Sailors have a port in every storm

Salt water and absence wash away love

Saying is one thing and doing is anotherScratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

Strike while the iron is hot

Still waters run deep

Seize the moment

Take a hair of dog that bit you

Take things as they come

Tell the truth and shame the devil

The best things in life are free

The better the day the better the deed

Too many chiefs and not enough Indians

The devil looks after his own

The early bird catches the worm

The end justifies the means

The eye is bigger than the belly

The eyes are the window of the soul

Two wrongs don’t make a right

The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day  a calamity

The nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh

There is a time and a place for everything

Time will tell

True love never grows oldTravel broadens the mind

Truth will out

United we stand, divided we fall

Up the creek without a paddle

Union is strength

Vice is often clothed in virtue’s habit

Variety is the spice of life

Walls have ears

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

You can’t have it both ways

Walk before we can run

What must be must be

What’s done can’t be undone

When one door shuts another one opens

When the cat’s away the mice will play

When the wine is in, the wit is out

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

Winners never cheat, and cheaters never win

Why buy a cow when milk is so cheap

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink

You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hound

You can’t get a quart into a pint pot

You can’t get blood out of a stone

You can’t please everyone

You can’t take it with you

You can’t judge a book by its cover

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