94 Quotes & Sayings By English Proverb

Proverbs are short maxims or wise sayings, generally pithy and memorable. They are frequently used as aphorisms, which are short citations that illustrate a point in a larger work. Many proverbs are idioms, which are expressions that have fixed meanings that are different from their literal meanings. Despite their differences, proverbs can be used to convey similar ideas Read more

Proverbs are often used in examples or parables to explain a concept.

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A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. English Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled marine. English Proverb
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Death is a shadow that always follows the body English Proverb
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Everyone must row with the oars he has. English Proverb
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The absent are always wrong. English Proverb
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The shortest answer is doing. English Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. English Proverb
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It takes two to make a bargain. English Proverb
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It's a bad bargain where nobody gains. English Proverb
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As you make your bed you must lie in it. English Proverb
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One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls. English Proverb
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Boys will be boys. English Proverb
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When the cat's away the mice will play. English Proverb
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When they came to shoe the horses the beetle stretched out his leg. English Proverb
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Children should be seen and not heard. English Proverb
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Spare the rod and spoil the child. English Proverb
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Two's a company three's a crowd. English Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. English Proverb
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Despair doubles our strength. English Proverb
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Desperate diseases require desperate remedies. English Proverb
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The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat. English Proverb
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A Scotch mist may wet an Englishman to the skin. English Proverb
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Danger and delight grow on one stalk. English Proverb
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A burnt child dreads the fire. English Proverb
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He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on Neptune. English Proverb
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All is fair in love and war. English Proverb
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What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. English Proverb
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There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. English Proverb
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It is easier to catch flies with honey than with vinegar. English Proverb
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A fool and his money are soon parted. English Proverb
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God gives the milk but not the pail. English Proverb
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As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. English Proverb
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A joy that's shared is a joy made double. English Proverb
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Haste makes waste. English Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. English Proverb
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He that has no charity deserves no mercy. English Proverb
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Hope for the best but prepare for the worst. English Proverb
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You may lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. English Proverb
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Fools build houses and wise men buy them. English Proverb
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He that lives in a glass house must not throw stones. English Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. English Proverb
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You can't get blood out of a turnip. English Proverb
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You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. English Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. English Proverb
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A lawyer's opinion is worth nothing unless paid for. English Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. English Proverb
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Like mother like daughter. English Proverb
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One crow will not pick out another crow's eyes. English Proverb
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We are usually the best men when in the worst health. English Proverb
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. English Proverb
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Misery loves company. English Proverb
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March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. English Proverb
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If February give much snow A fine Summer it doth foreshow. English Proverb
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If the mountain won't come to Mohammed Mohammed must go to the mountain. English Proverb
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Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me. English Proverb
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There's none so blind as those who won't see. English Proverb
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Time is a file that wears and makes no noise. English Proverb
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Many things are lost for want of asking. English Proverb
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Make hay while the sun shines. English Proverb
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He is lifeless that is faultless. English Proverb
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One man's meat is another's poison. English Proverb
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He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like. English Proverb
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He that seeks trouble always finds it. English Proverb
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He who despises his own life is soon master of another's. English Proverb
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When a proud man hears another praised he feels himself injured. English Proverb
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Every path has its puddle. English Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. English Proverb
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A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. English Proverb
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A nimble sixpence is better than a slow shilling. English Proverb
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As old as the itch. English Proverb
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A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds. English Proverb
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It never rains but it pours. English Proverb
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The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exceedingly fine. English Proverb
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Vengeance is a dish that should be eaten cold. English Proverb
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Two wrongs can never make a right. English Proverb
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Still waters run deep. English Proverb
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"Let us agree not to step on each other's feet " said the cock to the horse. English Proverb
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There is honor among thieves. English Proverb
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Set a thief to catch a thief. English Proverb
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When thieves fall out honest men come by their own. English Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. English Proverb
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He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound. English Proverb
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A stitch in time saves nine. English Proverb
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The crow when travelling abroad came back just as black. English Proverb
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Time trieth truth. English Proverb
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It takes all sorts to make a world. English Proverb
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Where there's a will there's a way. English Proverb
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If wishes were horses beggars might ride. English Proverb
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There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one. English Proverb
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If you dam a river it stagnates. Running water is beautiful water. English Proverb
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Elbow grease is the best polish. English Proverb
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Two wrongs do not make a right. English Proverb
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Youth will be served. English Proverb