An A to Z Proverb Collection

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A bad penny always turns up.
A bean in liberty is better than a comfit in prison.
A bellyful is one of meat, drink, or sorrow.
A big tree attracts the woodsman's axe.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A bad workman always blames his tools.
A banker is someone who lends you an umbrella when the sun is shining, and who asks for it back when it starts to rain.
A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist.
A bicycle can't stand on its own because it's two-tired.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
A night with Venus and a life with mercury.
A cat may look at a king.
A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor. (African proverb)
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
A closed mouth catches no flies.
A constant guest never welcomes.
A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A fox smells its own lair first. and A fox smells its own stink first.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all.
A good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
A jack of all trades is master of none.
A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
A loaded wagon makes no noise.
A miss by an inch is a miss by a mile.
A paragraph should be like a lady's skirt: long enough to cover the essentials but short enough to keep it interesting.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
A penny spent is a penny earned.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
Anyone who thinks the way to a mans heart is through his stomach, is aiming ten inches too high.
A Pasoly in the eye is worth several in the shins.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
A pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A stitch in time saves nine.
A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor man.
Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
Actions speak louder than words.
Advice most needed is least heeded.
After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.
All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet.
All the world is your country, to do good is your religion.
All flowers are not in one garland.
All frills and no knickers.
All good things must come to an end.
All hat and no cattle.
All roads lead to Rome.
All's fair in love and war.
All for one and one for all.
All's well that ends well.
All sizzle and no steak.
All that glitters is not gold.
All things come to him who waits.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.
A man's home is his castle.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
April showers bring May flowers.
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
As fit as a fiddle.
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
A Smack in the mouth often offends
Aught for naught, and a penny change.
A watched pot never boils.
A woman's work is never done.
A word spoken is past recalling.
A woman is like a cup of tea
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
An Englishman's home is his castle.
A shoe neatly polished white is more suspicious than one polished black

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Barking dogs seldom bite.
Barking up the wrong tree.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Beauty is only skin deep, but ugliness goes straight to the bone.
Beauty may open doors but only virtue enters.
Before criticizing a man, walk a mile in his shoes.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Beggar has no choice.
Behind every good man is a woman.
Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Better late than never.
Better safe than sorry.
Better the devil you know (than the one you don't).
Beware of the Bear when he tucks in his shirt.
Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood will out.
Bloom where you are planted.
Boys will be boys.
Brain is better than brawn.
Bread is the staff of life.
Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me twice, shame on me.
Buy the best and you only cry once vinay

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Calm, Cool, Collected
Can't see the forest for the trees.
Carry your own cross.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
Charity begins at home.
Clothes don't make the man.
Cobbler, stick to thy last.
Common sense ain't common.
Curiosity killed the cat, but the knowledge brought it back.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
Cry me a river, build a bridge and get over it
Cleanliness is next to godliness

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Discretion is the better part of valour
Do as you would be done by
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Don't burn your bridges behind you
Don't change horses in midstream
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Don't put new wine into old bottles
Don't rock the boat
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar
Don't try to teach your Grandma to suck eggs
Don't try to walk before you can crawl
Don't upset the apple-cart
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom

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Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise
Easy come, easy go
Empty vessels make the most noise
Enough is as good as a feast
Enough is enough
Every dark cloud has a silver lining
Every dog has his day
Every man has his price
Every stick has two ends
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die

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Failing to plan is planning to fail
Faint heart never won fair lady
Faith will move mountains
Familiarity breeds contempt
Finders keepers, losers weepers
First things first
Fish and guests smell after three days
Flattery will get you nowhere
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Forewarned is forearmed
Fortune favours the brave

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God helps those who help themselves
Good fences make good neighbours
Good talk saves the food
Good things come to those who wait
Great minds think alike

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Half a loaf is better than no bread
Handsome is as handsome does
Hard work never did anyone any harm
Haste makes waste
He who hesitates is lost
He who laughs last laughs longest
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword
He who pays the piper calls the tune
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty
History repeats itself
Home is where the heart is

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If God had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings
If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers
If life deals you lemons, make lemonade
If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain
If wishes were horses beggars would ride
If you can't be good, be careful.
If you can't beat em, join em
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king
In the midst of life we are in death
Into every life a little rain must fall
It goes without saying
It never rains but it pours
It takes a thief to catch a thief
It takes one to know one
It's all grist to the mill
It's an ill wind that blows no one any 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 never too late
It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted
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

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Jack of all trades, master of none

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Keep your chin up
Keep your powder dry

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Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and, you weep alone
Laughter is the best medicine
Let bygones be bygones
Let not the sun go down on your wrath
Let sleeping dogs lie
Let the punishment fit the crime
Life begins at forty
Life is what you make it
Life's not all beer and skittles
Lightening never strikes twice in the same place
Like father, like son
Little pitchers have big ears
Live for today for tomorrow never comes
Look before you leap
Love is blind

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Make love not war
Man does not live by bread alone
Marry in haste, repent at leisure
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow
Misery loves company
Money doesn't grow on trees
Money makes the world go round
Money talks
More haste, less speed
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast

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Nature abhors a vacuum
Necessity is the mother of invention
Never judge a book by its cover
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
No man is an island
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
No rest for the wicked
Nothing is certain but death and taxes

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Pearls of wisdom
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Possession is nine tenths of the law
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely
Practice makes perfect
Pride comes before a fall
Procrastination is the thief of time
Put your best foot forward

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Red sky at night shepherds delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds warning
Revenge is a dish best served cold
Rome wasn't built in a day

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Talk is cheap
That which does not kill us makes us stronger
The Devil finds work for idle hands to do
The best defence is a good offence
The boy is father to the man
The cobbler always wears the worst shoes
The darkest hour is just before the dawn
The early bird catches the worm
The ends justify the means
The exception which proves the rule
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
The longest journey starts with a single step
The more things change, the more they stay the same
The pen is mightier than sword
The proof of the pudding is in the eating
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
There are none so blind as those, that will not see
There but for the grace of God go I
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 fool like an old fool
There's no place like home
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 no time like the present
There's none so deaf as they that will not hear
There's one born every minute
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas
Time and tide wait for no man
Time is a great healer
To err is human, to forgive divine
To the victor go the spoils
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive
Tomorrow never comes
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Truth is stranger than fiction
Two heads are better then one
Two wrongs don't make a right

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Walk softly but carry a big stick
Waste not want not
When the cat's away the mice will play
Where there's a will there's a way
Worrying never did anyone any good

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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
You can't get blood out of a stone
You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
You can't make bricks without straw
You can't teach an old dog new tricks
You can't tell a book by looking at its cover
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
Youth is wasted on the young

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Ali Baba's Cave. Thank you , madam

Between the devil and the deep sea

To choose between two equally bad alternatives in a serious dilemma.
Where there's a will there's a way

When a person really wants to do something, he will find a way of doing it.
A burnt child dreads fire

A bad experience or a horrifying incident may scar one's attitude or thinking for a lifetime.
First come, first served

The first in line will be attended to first.
A friend in need is a friend indeed

A friend who helps when one is in trouble is a real friend.
Discretion is the better part of valor

If you say discretion is the better part of valor, you mean that
avoiding a dangerous or unpleasant situation is sometimes the most
sensible thing to do.
A hungry man is an angry man

A person who does not get what he wants or needs is a frustrated person and will be easily provoked to rage.
Empty vessels make the most noise

Those people who have a little knowledge usually talk the most and make the greatest fuss.
A man is as old as he feels

A person's age is immaterial - it is only when he thinks and feels that he is ageing that he actually becomes old.
Great talkers are little doers

Those people who talk a lot and are always teaching others usually do not do much work.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop

One who has nothing to do will be tempted to do many mischievous acts.
An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit

It is better to be careful and discrete than to be clever.
Faint heart never won fair lady

To succeed in life one must have the courage to pursue what he wants.
A penny saved is a penny gained

By being thrifty one will be able to save up.
A rolling stone gathers no moss

A person who never settles in one place or who often changes his job
will not succeed in life ; one who is always changing his mind will
never get anything done.
As you sow, so you shall reap

One will either enjoy or suffer the consequences of his earlier actions or inactions.
Barking dogs seldom bite

Those who make loud threats seldom carry them out.
Better late than never

To do something that is right, profitable, or good a little late is still better than not doing it at all.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush

Something that one already has is better than going after something seemingly more worthwhile that one may not be able to get.
Birds of a feather flock together

People of the same sort of character or belief always go together.
Call a spade a spade

If you say that someone calls a spade a spade, you mean that they speak frankly and directly, often about embarrassing or unpleasant subjects; an informal expression.
Charity begins at home

A person's first obligation should be to help the member of his own
family before he can begin thinking of talking about helping others.
Dead men tell no lies

( often used as an argument for killing someone whose knowledge of a secret may cause one loss or get into serious trouble.)
A great talker is a great liar

A smooth and persuasive talker may be a good liar.
Every cloud has a silver lining

If you say that every cloud has a silver lining, you mean that every
sad or unpleasant situation has a positive side to it. If you talk
about silver lining you are talking about something positive that comes
out of a sad or unpleasant situation.
All that glitters is not gold

Do not be deceived by things or offers that appear to be attractive.
Eat to live, but do not live to eat

Man was created for a divine purpose and he has a destiny with his Creator - he was not born just to enjoy food.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket

One should not risk everything he has in a single venture.
Every dog has its day

Everyone will get a period of success or satisfaction during his lifetime.
Every one can find fault, few can do better

It is easier to find fault in other people's actions or methods than to do it properly or correctly.
Any time means no time

When an event is not decided on or planned earlier it will never take place.
Fair exchange is no robbery

A contract is fair as long as both the parties understand and agree to
the conditions willingly; after a deal is closed neither side can turn
around and say that he was unfairly treated.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master

Fire, like any other manmade tool or device, will serve man well only when it is controlled and used wisely

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