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| English Proverb
A black plum is as sweet as a white.A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.A cat in gloves catches no mice.A cold April the barn will fill.A fair booty makes a fair thief.A full cup must be carried steadily.A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion's claw.A joy that is shared is a joy made double. A joy that's shared is a joy made double.A leap year is never a good sheep year.A maid who laughs is half taken.A man is as old as he feels himself to be.A proverb is the child of experience.A shady lane breeds mud.A small family is soon provided for.A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.A stumble may prevent a fall. A stumble may prevent a fall.Absence is a shrew.Absence sharpens love; presence strengthens it.Absence, and a friendly neighbor, washeth away love.Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves.Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.Advantage is a better soldier than rashness.Adversity flatters no man.Adversity is easier borne than prosperity forgot.Advice is least heeded when most needed.Advice to all, security for none.Age and wedlock bring a man to his nightcap.Age and wedlock tame man and beast.Ale in, wit out.All be the same in a hundred years.All happiness is in the mind.All temptations are found either in hope or fear.Alms never make poor.An abundance of money ruins youth.An abundance of money ruins youth.An empty barrel makes the most noise.An idle mind is the devil's workshop.An illiterate king is a crowned ass.An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.Anger dies quickly with a good man.Anger edges valor.Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.Better wear out shoes than sheets.Beware of a man of one book.Big boast, small roast.Big thunder, little rain.Blest is the bride the sun shines on.Cats hide their claws.Children are poor men's riches.Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.Confession is the first step to repentance.Craftiness must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.Crooked logs make straight fires.Danger and delight grow on one stalk.Death always comes too early or too late.Death closes all doors.Deeds are fruits, words are leaves.Despair doubles our strength.Discretion in speech is more important than eloquence.Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.Do not halloo until you are out of the wood.Do not triumph before the victory.Do when ye may, or suffer ye the nay, in love 'tis the way.Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.Don't fall before you're pushed.Elbow grease is the best polish.Every ass loves to hear himself bray.Every dog has his day.Every dog is entitled to one bite.Every path has its puddle.Everyone must row with the oars he has.Far fowls have fair feathers.First deserve, and then desire.Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.Give the devil his due.Gray hairs are death's blossoms.Have you any Spanish? (Meaning, Have you got any money?)He declares himself guilty who justifies himself before accusation.He is lifeless that is faultless.He opens the door with an ax.He opens the door with an ax.He that buyeth magistracy will seek justice.He that does amiss may do well.He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns.He that seeks trouble always finds it.He that seeks trouble never misses.He that serves at the altar ought to live by the altar.He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.He that would the daughter win Must with the mother first begin.If thou canst not see the bottom, wade not.If you swear you will catch no fish.If you swear you will catch no fish.In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats. In for a penny, in for a pound.In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.In times of prosperity friends will be plenty,
In times of adversity, not one in twenty.Innocent actions carry their warrant with them.It is an equal failing to trust everybody and to trust nobody.It is ill fishing before the net.It is ill prizing of green barley.Keep counsel of thyself first.Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.Kisses that are easily obtained are easily forgotten.Last ship, best ship.Learning makes people fit company for themselves.Lend your money and lose your friend.Lend your money and lose your friend.Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason.Many a true word is spoken in jest.Many things are lost for want of asking.Much ado and little help.Never fall out with your bread and butter.Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking.None can guess the jewel by the casket.One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. Peace makes plenty.Plenty know good ale, but don't know much after that.Poor Trust is dead; Bad Pay killed him.Proportion your expenses to what you have, not what you expect.Proverbs are the children of experience.Revenge is a dish that should be eaten cold.Self-praise is no praise at all.Short acquaintance brings repentance.Soft fire makes sweet malt.Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.Spread the table and contention will cease.Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.Sweep in front of your own door.Take a dog for a companion and a stick in your hand.Take care of your pennies and your pounds will take care of your heirs and barristers.Take heed of enemies reconciled, and of meat twice boiled.The bait hides the hook.The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.The cat has nine lives: three for playing, three for straying, three for staying.The darkest hour is that before the dawn.The Devil's children have the Devil's luck.The difference is wide that the sheets will not decide.The eyes are the window of the soul.The face is no index to the heart.The golden age never was the present age.The greater the sinner, the greater the saint.The more acquaintance, the more danger.The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat.The noisiest drum has nothing in it but air.The person who is tired will find time to sleep. A person with a bad name is already half hanged.The pitcher that goes too often to the well is broken at last.There's many a good cock come out of a tattered bag.Time and tide wait for no man. We are all Adam's children, but silk makes the difference.We are usually the best men when in the worst health.Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.Write down the advice of him who love you, though you like it not at present.Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. Year of snow fruit will grow.You can't get blood out of a stone.You can't get blood out of a turnip.Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light. |
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