| | A nervous heart is prone to mistakes; overkill will worsen a situation rather than bettering it. |
| | A baby is an alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other |
| | A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept |
| | A bad excuse is better than none |
| | A bad penny always turns up |
| | A bad workman blames his tools |
| | 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 the hand is worth two in the bush |
| | A black plum is as sweet as a white |
| | A book holds a house of gold |
| | A book is like a garden carried in the pocket |
| | A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it |
| | A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor |
| | A camel is a horse designed by a committee |
| | A cat has nine lives |
| | A cat may look at a king |
| | A cat may look at a Queen |
| | A celebrity is someone who works hard all his life to become known and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized |
| | A chain is no stronger than its weakest link |
| | A change is as good as a rest |
| | A child is a person who can dismantle in 5 minutes the toy it took you 5 hours to put together |
| | A cold bitter Christmas, a fat churchyard |
| | 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 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 straws |
| | A fair exchange is no robbery |
| | A faithful friend is a medicine for life |
| | A fly will not get into a closed mouth |
| | A fool and his money are soon parted |
| | A fool at forty is a fool indeed |
| | A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions |
| | A fool gives; a wise man takes |
| | A Fool May Give a Wise Man Counsel |
| | A fool will laugh when he is drowning |
| | A friend in need is a friend indeed |
| | A friend is not so soon gotten as lost |
| | A friend to all is a friend to none |
| | A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread |
| | A gentleman without an estate is a pudding without suet |
| | A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath |
| | A golden key opens all doors |
| | A good beginning makes a good ending |
| | A good conscience is the best divinity |
| | A good denial, the best point in law |
| | A Good Example is the Best Sermon |
| | A good lawyer must be a great liar |
| | A good man is hard to find |
| | 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 Tongue is a Good Weapon |
| | A good tree brings forth good fruit |
| | 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 happy heart is better than a full purse |
| | A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit |
| | 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 is not a home |
| | A huge part of real love is constant forgiveness |
| | A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step |
| | A lender nor borrower be |
| | A leopard cannot change its spots |
| | A little of what you fancy does you good |
| | A man comes from the dust and in the dust he will end - and in the meantime it is good to drink a sip of vodka |
| | A man in love is a fool, and an old man in love is the greatest fool of all |
| | 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 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 walks, God places the feet |
| | A miss is as good as a mile |
| | A miss is as good as a mr |
| | A new broom sweeps clean |
| | A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners |
| | A nod is as good as a wink to a blind man |
| | A penny always turns up |
| | A person who can smile when things go wrong has found someone to blame it on |
| | A picture paints a thousand words |
| | A place for everything and everything in its place |
| | 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 is a true word |
| | 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 rolling stone gathers no moss |
| | A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops |
| | A scalded cat fears cold water |
| | A short absence quickens love, a long absence kills it |
| | 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 soft answer turneth away wrath |
| | 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 tidy house holds a bored woman |
| | A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men |
| | A watched pot never boils |
| | A whistling women and a crowing hen are neither fit for God or men |
| | A wise head keeps a still tongue |
| | A wise son brings joy to his father,but a foolish son grief to his mother |
| | A wonder lasts but nine days |
| | A worry shared is a worry halved |
| | Aaah, a man who runs through airport swing-doors is going to Bangkok |
| | Absence makes the heart grow fonder |
| | Abundance, like want, ruins many |
| | Accidents happen |
| | Accidents will happen in the best regulated families |
| | Actions speak louder than words |
| | Admiration is the daughter of ignorance |
| | Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it |
| | Adversity Makes Strange Bedfellows |
| | Adding legs when painting a snake. |
| | After a famine in the stall comes a famine in the hall |
| | After all is said and done, more is said than done |
| | After dark all cats are leopards |
| | 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 |
| | 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 beginning is difficult The first million is the hardest |
| | All good things come to he who waits |
| | All good things must come to an end |
| | All is for the best in the best of the possible worlds |
| | All lay loads on a willing horse! |
| | All roads lead to Rome |
| | All sunshine makes a desert |
| | All that glisters is not gold |
| | All the world loves a lover |
| | All things are possible with god |
| | All things come to those who wait |
| | All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy |
| | All you need is love |
| | Although the Sun May Shine, Leave Not Thy Cloak at Home |
| | Always the bridesmaid,never the bride |
| | An ant may well destroy a whole dam |
| | An apple a day keeps the doctor at bay |
| | An apple a day keeps the doctor away |
| | An English Summer, Three Hot Days and a Thunderstorm |
| | An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth |
| | An old fox is not easily snared |
| | An old Ox makes a straight furrow |
| | An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept |
| | Angry Men Make Themselves a Bed of Nettles |
| | Another day, another dollar |
| | Any fool can criticise, condemn and complain and most fools do |
| | Any port in a storm |
| | Anybody can make history Only a great man can write it |
| | Appearances are deceptive |
| | April is the cruellest month |
| | 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 dirty as a pig |
| | As dry as chapped lips |
| | As is the gardener, so is the garden |
| | As safe as houses |
| | As soft as velvet |
| | As strong as love |
| | As useful as a chocolate fireguard (or teapot) |
| | As wrinkled as an elephant's hide |
| | As you make your bed, so must you lie in it |
| | As you sow, so shall you reap |
| | Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer |
| | Ask no questions and hear no lies |
| | At the end of the game, the King and the pawn go back in the same box |
| | Attack is the best form of defence |
| | 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 |
| | Beautiful is not what is beautiful, but what one likes |
| | Beauty and Honesty Seldom Agree |
| | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder |
| | Beauty is only skin deep |
| | Beauty without virtue is a flower without perfume |
| | Beer before wine is fine Wine before beer makes you feel queer! |
| | Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy |
| | 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. |
| | Beggars and borrowers cannot be choosers |
| | Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see |
| | 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 an open enemy, than a false friend |
| | Better bend than break |
| | Better die with honor than live with shame |
| | Better do it than wish it done |
| | Better late than never |
| | Better one house spoiled than two |
| | Better safe than sorry |
| | Better to aim high and miss, than to aim low and reach target! |
| | Better to be alone than in bad company |
| | 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 safe than sorry |
| | Better to have loved and lost, than never have loved at all |
| | 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 wed over the mixen than over the moor |
| | Beware of Greeks bearing gifts |
| | Birds of a feather flock together |
| | 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 |
| | Boys will be boys |
| | Bread is the staff of life |
| | Business before pleasure |
| | Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance |
| | Charity begins at home |
| | Charity covers a multitude of sins |
| | Cheats never prosper |
| | Children Have Wide Ears and Long Tongues |
| | Children should be seen and not heard |
| | Christmas comes but once a year |
| | Christmas comes but once a year, but Hallmark makes sure it lasts three months |
| | Civility costs nothing |
| | Cleanliness is next to Godliness |
| | Clothes make a man |
| | Coin a phrase |
| | Cold hands, warm heart |
| | Common fame is seldom to blame |
| | Confession is good for the soul |
| | Confidence is a plant of slow growth |
| | Constant dripping wears away the stone |
| | Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be damned |
| | Count your blessings |
| | 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 |
| | Daddies know best |
| | Danger can never be overcome without taking risks |
| | Dead men tell no tales |
| | Death is the great leveller |
| | Death pays all debts |
| | Desperate Diseases Call for Desperate Remedies |
| | Diamonds cut diamonds |
| | Different strokes for different folk |
| | Diligence is the mother of good fortune |
| | Discretion is the better part of valour |
| | Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow |
| | 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 look where you fell, but where you slipped |
| | Do not praise yourself while going into battle; praise yourself coming out of battle |
| | Do not search for a calf under an ox |
| | Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from a friends forehead |
| | Do not wear out your welcome |
| | Do right and fear no man |
| | Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you |
| | Dont count the days, make the days count! |
| | Dont make love at the garden gate, love is blind but the neighbours aint |
| | Dont teach your grandmother to suck eggs |
| | Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom |
| | Draw Not Your Bow Till the Arrow is Fixed |
| | 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 |
| | Early to bed and early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy and wise |
| | Easy come, easy go |
| | Eat well, stay fit, die anyway |
| | Empty sacks will never stand upright |
| | Enough is as good as a feast |
| | Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day |
| | 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 body wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die |
| | Every cloud has a silver lining |
| | Every Cook Praises His Own Broth |
| | Every cross has its inscriptions |
| | Every devil has not a cloven hoof |
| | Every dog has his day |
| | Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard |
| | Every flow hath its ebb |
| | Every little helps |
| | Every man has his price |
| | Every picture tells a story |
| | Every Soldier has the Baton of a Field Marshal in his Knapsack |
| | Every step of life is a risk |
| | Everyday is a fresh slate |
| | Everyone stretches his legs according to the length of his coverlet |
| | Everything comes to him who waits |
| | Everything must have a beginning |
| | 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 |
| | Facts are stubborn things |
| | Faint heart never won fair lady |
| | Fair exchange is no robbery |
| | Fair without , false within |
| | Faith will move mountains |
| | Fall seven times, stand up eight |
| | Familiarity breeds contempt |
| | Fate leads the willing but drives the stubborn |
| | Fear lends wings |
| | Feed a cold starve a fever |
| | Fight fire with fire |
| | Fight truth decay, read the bible |
| | Finders keepers, losers weepers |
| | Fine feathers make fine birds |
| | Fine words butter no parsnips |
| | First come, first served |
| | First Impressions are the Most Lasting |
| | First things first |
| | Fish and guests smell in three days |
| | Fish are no respectors of human boredom, so why go angling |
| | 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 |
| | Folly grows without watering |
| | 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 |
| | Forbidden fruits create many jams |
| | Forewarned is forearmed |
| | Forgive and forget |
| | Fortune favours the brave |
| | Four things drive a man out of his house: too much smoke, a dripping roof, filthy air and a scolding wife |
| | Friends are made by many acts - and lost by only one |
| | Friendship is like money,easier made than kept |
| | From clogs to clogs in only three generations |
| | From the sweetest wine the tartest vinegar |
| | Fruit out of season, sorrow out of reason |
| | Genius is an Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains |
| | Gentle is that gentle does |
| | Gie yer tongue mair holidays nor yer heid |
| | Give a clown a finger and he will take your hand |
| | Give and spend and God will send |
| | Give credit where credit is due |
| | Give Neither Counsel Nor Salt till You Are Asked For It |
| | Gluttony kills more than the sword |
| | Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company |
| | God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers |
| | 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 alive and well and working on something less ambitious |
| | God is Always on the Side of the Big Battalions |
| | God made the country and man made the town! |
| | Golden dishes will never turn black |
| | Good and quickly seldom meet |
| | Good broth may be made in an old pot |
| | Good fences make good neighbours! |
| | Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget |
| | Good people are scarce |
| | Good talk saves the food |
| | Goodness is better than beauty |
| | Grease is the only cure for a hangover |
| | Great minds think alike |
| | Great minds think alike, simple minds cant think of anything different |
| | Great oaks from little acorns grow |
| | Greedy folks have long arms |
| | Grow your own dope - plant a man! |
| | Gut No Fish Till You Get Them |
| | Half a loaf is better than no bread |
| | 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 work never did anyone any harm |
| | Haste makes waste |
| | Hasty climbers have sudden falls |
| | Hate is like cancer slowly eating us away inside |
| | 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 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 knows best what good is that has endured evil |
| | He Lives Long Who Lives Well |
| | He That Brings Good News Knocks Hard |
| | He that is master of himself, will soon be master of others |
| | He that knows nothing, doubts nothing |
| | He that plants a tree plants for posterity |
| | He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill! |
| | He That Teaches Himself has a Fool for his Master |
| | He That Will Not Be Counselled Cannot Be Helped |
| | He travels fastest who travels alone |
| | He who awaits much receives little |
| | 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 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 Keeps Company with the Wolf Will Learn How to Howl |
| | He who knows better has never tried it |
| | 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 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 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 works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty |
| | Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned |
| | History repeats itself |
| | Home is where the heart is |
| | Home is where you hang your hat |
| | Home sweet home |
| | Honesty is the best policy |
| | Hope springs eternal |
| | Hunger is the best sauce |
| | 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 son is uneducated, his dad is to blame |
| | If anything can go wrong, it will |
| | If Fortune calls, offer him a seat |
| | If in doubt, mumble |
| | If life deals you lemons make lemonade |
| | 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 wind will not serve, take to the oars |
| | If there were no lossers there could be no winners |
| | If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride |
| | If you are planning for a year - sow rice, if you are planning for a decade - sow trees, if you are planning for a lifetime - educate people |
| | If you believe everything you read, you better not read |
| | 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 lie down with dogs you will come up with fleas |
| | If you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree |
| | If you wish to be loved, love |
| | If you would enjoy the fruit, pluck not the flower |
| | Ignorance is bliss |
| | Ill-gotten gains never prosper |
| | 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 for a penny, in for a pound |
| | In the coldest flint there is hot fire |
| | In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has |
| | In the land of hope there is never any winter |
| | In the Land of the Blind the One Eyed Man is King |
| | In vino veritas |
| | 90% of Inspiration is Perspiration |
| | Is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness |
| | It is nice to be important but it is more important to be nice |
| | It is a long lane that has no turning |
| | It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait |
| | It is better to love and lost than never to love at all |
| | It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive |
| | It is better to wear out than to rust out |
| | It is easier to get forgiveness than permission |
| | 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 be what you might have been |
| | It is possible to give without loving but it is impossible to love without giving |
| | It is what is in the mind when sober, that comes out of the mouth when drunk |
| | It never rains but it pours |
| | 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 make a quarrel |
| | It takes two to tango |
| | It will all come out in the wash |
| | It will all come right in the wash |
| | Its a dogs life |
| | Its a wise child that knows its own father |
| | Its only rock n roll but I like it |
| | Its too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted |
| | Jack of all trades, master of none |
| | Judge not that you be not judged |
| | Keep your chin up |
| | Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground |
| | Keep your friends close but your enemies closer |
| | Keep your powder dry |
| | Kill not the goose that lays the golden egg |
| | Kill two birds with one stone |
| | Know which side your bread is buttered |
| | Knowing is not enough; We must Apply Willing is not enough; We must Do |
| | Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone |
| | Laughter is the best medicine |
| | Laughter is the closest distance between two people |
| | Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth |
| | Lean liberty is better than fat slavery |
| | Lear from the past, Live for today Look for tomorrow, take a nap this afternoon |
| | Learn to say no It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin |
| | Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere |
| | Least said soonest mended |
| | Lend your money and lose your friend |
| | Let bygones be bygones |
| | Let sleeping dogs lie |
| | Let the buyer beware |
| | 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 |
| | Lightning never strikes twice in the same place |
| | 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 father, like son |
| | Like flogging a dead horse |
| | Like music to my ears |
| | Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life |
| | Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise |
| | Little Strokes Fell Great Oaks |
| | Little things please little minds |
| | Live and learn |
| | Live and let live |
| | Live to the point of tears |
| | Look after number one |
| | Look before you leap |
| | Look good, feel good |
| | Lookers on see most of the game |
| | Lots of people confuse bad management with destiny |
| | Love conquers all |
| | Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing |
| | 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 makes the world go round |
| | Love many, trust few, but always paddle your own canoe |
| | Love nature , live lightly |
| | Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear |
| | Love thy neighbour as thy self |
| | Love will find a way |
| | Loving life is living life to the fullest |
| | Lucky at cards, unlucky in love |
| | Make hay while the sun shines |
| | Make love not war |
| | Man cannot live on bread alone |
| | Man who wants pretty nurse, must be patient |
| | Manners maketh man |
| | Many a mickle makes a muckle |
| | Many a true word is spoken in jest |
| | Many are called but few are chosen |
| | 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 |
| | Marry in haste, and repent at leisure |
| | Melt the icy fingers of fear with the sunshine of hope |
| | Men are from earth Women are from earth Deal with it |
| | Merry Nights Make Sorry Days |
| | Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places |
| | Might is right |
| | Mind your own business |
| | Misery loves company |
| | Money is the root of all evil |
| | Money makes the world go around |
| | More haste less speed |
| | Mother knows best |
| | Motivation is what gets you started habit is what keeps you going |
| | Murder will out |
| | Necessity is the mother of invention |
| | Needs must when the devil drives |
| | Never be afraid to sit awhile and think |
| | Never choose bedlinen or a wife by candlelight |
| | Never eat an oyster unless there is an R in the month |
| | Never go to bed on an argument |
| | Never judge a book by its cover |
| | Never judge by appearences |
| | Never judge someone until you have travelled a mile in their shoes |
| | Never look a gift horse in the mouth |
| | 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 your tongue on an iceberg |
| | Never say die |
| | Never speak ill of the dead |
| | Never stand on the tail of a hedgehog after midnight |
| | Never the twain shall meet |
| | Never too old to learn |
| | Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you |
| | Night is the Mother of Counsel |
| | No Good Building Without a Good Foundation |
| | No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness |
| | No man is a hero to his valet |
| | No man is an island |
| | No man is wise at all times |
| | No matter how long a log stays in the water it does not become a crocodile |
| | No news is good news |
| | 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 wind, no waves |
| | None but the brave deserve the fair |
| | None but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches |
| | None so deaf as those who will not hear |
| | Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse |
| | Nothing is certain but death and taxes |
| | 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 ventured, nothing gained |
| | Nowt so queer as folk! |
| | Old fish and young flesh feed men best |
| | Old friends and wine are best |
| | Old habits die hard |
| | Old sins cast long shadows |
| | On the Turf all men are equal, and under it |
| | 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 in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale |
| | Once seen never forgotten |
| | One beats the bush, another takes the bird |
| | One cannot quarrel without an opponent |
| | One foolish sheep will lead the flock |
| | One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold seven for a secret not to be sold Eight for heaven nine for hell and ten for the devils own cell |
| | One good turn deserves another |
| | One good turn deserves half the blankets |
| | One mans loss is another mans gain |
| | One mans meat is another mans poison! |
| | One of these days is none of these days |
| | One volunteer is worth ten pressed men |
| | One who has the reputation of an early riser may safely lie in bed until noon |
| | One years seeding means seven years weeding |
| | Only fools and horses work |
| | Only mad dogs and englishmen go out in the midday sun |
| | Only time will tell |
| | Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire |
| | Opportunities always look bigger going than coming |
| | Opportunity makes a thief |
| | Opportunity seldom knocks twice |
| | Out of sight, out of mind |
| | Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings |
| | Pain is so close to pleasure |
| | Pain is temporary, victory is forever |
| | Pardon all but theyself |
| | Past cure, past care |
| | Patience is a virtue |
| | Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit |
| | Penny wise, pound foolish |
| | People who think the world revolves around them have no sense of direction |
| | Perfection is inperfect |
| | Pick your friends like you pick your fruit |
| | Plant the crab tree where you will, it will never bear pippins |
| | Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat |
| | Possessions dwindle; I mourn their loss But I mourn the loss of time much more, for anyone can save his purse, but none can win back lost time |
| | Possessions dwindle; I mourn their loss But I mourn the loss of time much more, for anyone can save his purse, but none can win back lost time |
| | Practice makes perfect |
| | Practice what you preach |
| | Prevention is better than cure |
| | Pride comes before a fall |
| | Procrastination is the thief of time |
| | Promises are like babies Easy to make, hard to deliver |
| | Quality is an excuse for lack of quantity |
| | Quality is better than quantity |
| | Quickly come, quickly go |
| | Rain before seven, fine before eleven |
| | Rain, Rain, go away, come back another day |
| | Rained on ground hardens (Japanese Proverb) |
| | Rats desert a sinking ship |
| | Red sky at night shepherds delight,red sky in the morning,shepherds warning |
| | Revenge is a dish best served cold |
| | Revenge is sweet |
| | Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a disgrace to any people |
| | Robbing Peter to pay Paul |
| | Saying is one thing; doing another |
| | Second place is first loser |
| | See Naples and die |
| | Seeing is believing |
| | Seldom seen, soon forgotten |
| | Seven-fifths of all people do not understand fractions |
| | Sex takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble |
| | Share and share alike! |
| | Shopping is a therapy |
| | Silence is golden |
| | Silence is the fence around wisdom |
| | Sleep is better than medicine |
| | 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 |
| | So long as you do your best in life, whatever happens will be for the best |
| | Softly, softly, catchee monkey |
| | Some are Wise and Some are Otherwise |
| | Some are wise and some are otherwise |
| | Sometimes the majority only means all the fools are on the same side |
| | Spare the rod and spoil the child |
| | Speak when you are spoken to |
| | 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 |
| | Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me |
| | Still waters run deep |
| | Stir With a Knife, Stir Up Strife |
| | Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both |
| | Strangers are just friends you have not met yet |
| | Strike while the iron is hot |
| | Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan |
| | Sunlight penetrates even the thinnest crack |
| | Sympathy without relief is like mustard without beef |
| | Tailors and writers must mind the fashion |
| | Take a hair of the dog that bit you |
| | Take care of the pennies 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 |
| | Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice inside the ceiling laugh |
| | Talk is cheap |
| | Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself |
| | Teaching of others teacheth the teacher |
| | The Absent are Always Wrong |
| | The Ass Loaded With Gold Still Eats Thistles |
| | The best advice is found on the pillow |
| | The best doctors are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet and Dr Merryman |
| | The Best Fish Swim Near the Bottom |
| | The best of men are but men at best |
| | 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 bigger they are, the harder they fall |
| | The cobra will bite you whether you call it cobra or Mr Cobra |
| | The company makes the feast |
| | The country is in ruins, and there are still mountains and rivers - japanese proverb |
| | The course of true love never did run smooth |
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