1000 English Proverbs and Sayings:
1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.2. A bad corn promise is better than a good lawsuit. 3. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 4. A bargain is a bargain.5. A beggar can never be bankrupt. 6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.7. A bird may be known by its song.8. A black hen lays a white egg. 9. A blind leader of the blind. 10. A blind man would be glad to see.11. A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound. 12. A burden of one's own choice is not felt.13. A burnt child dreads the fire. 14. A cat in gloves catches no mice. 15. A city that parleys is half gotten.16. A civil denial is better than a rude grant. 17. A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast.18. A clean hand wants no washing. 19. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 20. A close mouth catches no flies.21. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 22. A cracked bell can never sound well.23. A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. 24. A curst cow has short horns.25. A danger foreseen is half avoided. 26. A drop in the bucket.27. A drowning man will catch at a straw. 28. A fair face may hide a foul heart.29. A fault confessed is half redressed. 30. A fly in the ointment.31. A fool always rushes to the fore. 32. A fool and his money are soon parted.33. A fool at forty is a fool indeed. 34. A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 35. A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. 36. A fool's tongue runs before his wit. 37. A forced kindness deserves no thanks.38. A foul morn may turn to a fair day.39. A fox is not taken twice in the same snare.40. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 43. A friend is never known till needed. 42. A friend to all is a friend to none.43. A friend's frown is better than a foe's smile. 44. A good anvil does not fear the hammer.45. A good beginning is half the battle. 46. A good beginning makes a good ending. 47. A good deed is never lost.48. A good dog deserves a good bone.49. A good example is the best sermon. 50. A good face is a letter of recommendation.51. A good Jack makes a good Jill. 52. A good marksman may miss. 53. A good name is better than riches.54. A good name is sooner lost than won.55. A good name keeps its lustre in the dark. 56. A good wife makes a good husband.57. A great dowry is a bed full of brambles. 58. A great fortune is a great slavery.59. A great ship asks deep waters.60. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.61. A hard nut to crack. 62. A heavy purse makes a light heart.63. A hedge between keeps friendship green. 64. A honey tongue, a heart of gall.65. A hungry belly has no ears.66. A hungry man is an angry man.67. A Jack of all trades is master of none. 68. A Joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 69. A lawyer never goes to law himself.70. A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.71. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.72. A lie begets a lie. 73. A light purse is a heavy curse.74. A light purse makes a heavy heart. 75. A little body often harbours a great soul.76. A little fire is quickly trodden out.77. A man can die but once.78. A man can do no more than he can. 79. A man is known by the company he keeps.80. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 81. A miserly father makes a prodigal son.82. A miss is as good as a mile.83. A new broom sweeps clean. 84. A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.85. A penny saved is a penny gained.86. A penny soul never came to twopence. 87. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.88. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 89. A round peg in a square hole.90. A shy cat makes a proud mouse.91. A silent fool is counted wise.92. A small leak will sink a great ship. 93. A soft answer turns away wrath.94. A sound mind in a sound body. 95. A stitch in time saves nine.96. A storm in a teacup.97. A tattler is worse than a thief.98. A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf. 99. A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich. 100. A threatened blow is seldom given.
