English Proverbs (1504 Proverbs)
- That sick man is not to be pitied who has his cure in his sleeve.
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- The camel asking for horns lost also his ears.
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- The first step is usually the hardest.
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- The longest at the fire soonest finds cold.
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- The only stupid question is the one that is not asked.
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- The Spaniard is a bad servant but a worse master.
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- There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.
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- There was never a conflict without a woman.
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- Those far, far away are seldom seen for what they really are.
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- Today is the scholar of yesterday.
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- Truth will come to light.
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- We have all forgot more than we remember.
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- What is a man but his mind?
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- When in doubt, do nought.
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- Where god builds a church, the devil will build a chapel.
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- Wide lugs an a short tongue is best.
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- Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
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- Ye hae been smelling the bung.
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- Ye're like a bad liver--the last day there's aye maist to do wi' ye.
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- You may break a horse's back, be he never so strong.
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- Youth never casts for peril.
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- Old saws speak truth.
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- One year of joy, another of comfort, and all rest of content.
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- Poverty is an enemy to good manners.
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- Quarrelsome dogs get dirty coats.
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- See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck.
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- Sorrow is always dry.
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- That which does not kill you, makes you stronger.
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- The charitable give out the door and god puts in at the window.
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- The first step to health is to know that we are sick.
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- The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
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- The opera ain't over until the fat lady sings.
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- The start of a journey should never be mistaken for success.
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- There is better fish in the sea than have ever been caught.
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- There's always a calm before a storm.
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- Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
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- Tomorrow is a new day.
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- Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
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- We must take the bad with the good.
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- What is extraordinary, try to look at with your own eyes.
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- When in motion, to push on is easy.
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- Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
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- Wife and children are bills of charges.
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- Without sleep, no health.
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- Ye hae the best end a' the string.
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- Ye're like the miller's dog--ye lick your lips ere the pock be opened.
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- You may find your best friend or your worst enemy in yourself.
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- Youth will be served.
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- Old sheep shouldn't dress in lamb's fashion.
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- One's own fire is pleasant.
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- Poverty is no vice, but an inconvenience.
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- Raining cats and dogs.
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- Seek much, and get something; seek little, and get nothing.
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- Sorrow remembered sweetens present joy.
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- That which shall be, shall be.
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- The citizen is at his business before the sun rises.
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- The first year let your house to your enemy; the second to your friend; the third live in it yourself.
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- The love of the wicked is more dangerous than their hatred.
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- The other side of the road always looks cleanest.
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- The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path.
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- There is but one good mother-in-law and she is dead.
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- There's always a deep breath before a plunge.
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- Though old and wise, yet still advise.
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- Too much hope deceives.
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- Turn the cake in the pan.
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- We never know the worth of water until the well is dry.
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- What is gold is worth gold.
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- When it thunders in March, it brings sorrow.
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- Where there is peace, god is.
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- Wine sets an edge to wit.
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- Wives maun be had whether gude or bad.
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- Ye learn your father to get bairns.
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- Ye're very foresighted, like Forsyth's cat.
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- You may find your worst enemy or best friend in yourself.
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- Old sins have long shadows.
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- Only two things in life are certain; death and taxes.
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- Poverty wants many things, and avarice all.
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- Religion, credit, and the eye are not to be touched.
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- Seek that which may be found.
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- Sound advice had better be welcome.
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