English Proverbs (1504 Proverbs)
- The anger is not warrantable that has seen two suns.
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- The cure is worse than the disease.
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- The going gets tough, the tough get going.
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- The measure of our sacrifice is the measure of our love.
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- The person who pursues revenge should dig two graves.
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- The village slatternly wench has the form of a dove, the heart of a fox, and the mind of an toad.
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- There is no benefit that sticks to the fingers.
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- They that are bound must obey.
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- Time flies when you're having fun.
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- Train up a child in the way he should go.
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- Understand is better than stare.
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- Weil worth aw, that gars the plough draw.
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- What's in your wame's not in your testament.
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- When the cow has been sold with firmness you may relax for a while and go for a better one.
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- While the cat is away, the mice will play.
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- Wipe wi' the water and wash wi' the towel.
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- Women's counsel is cold.
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- Ye may drive the deil into a wife, but ye'll ne'er ding him oot o' her.
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- You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink.
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- You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
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- If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
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- If you sell your purse to your wife, give your trousers into the bargain.
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- In the eyes of the lover, pock-marks are dimples.
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- It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to hoard it like a miser.
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- It is profound ignorance that inspires the dogmatic tone.
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- It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
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- Knock and the door will be opened unto you.
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- Let my lamp at midnight hour be seen in some high lonely tower.
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- Live and let die.
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- Maidens should be meek till they be married.
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- Many drops make a shower.
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- Men make houses, women make homes.
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- Must is a king's word.
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- No alchemy like savings.
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- No root, no fruit.
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- Obedience is much more seen in little things than in great.
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- If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.
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- If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.
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- In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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- It is better to murder during time of plague.
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- It is too late to call back yesterday.
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- Jack a dull boy.
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- Knowledge is power.
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- Let the bait hide the hook.
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- Live with your friend as if he might become your enemy.
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- Make hay while the sun shines.
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- Many lords, many laws.
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- Mind other men, but most yourself.
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- My mind to me is a kingdom.
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- No cows, no cares.
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- No summer, but has its winter.
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- Of a thorn springs not a fig.
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- If thou seest ought amiss, mend it in thyself.
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- If you want peace, prepare for war.
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- Injuries we write in marble, kindnesses in dust.
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- It is good grafting on a good stock.
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- It isn't a fit night out for man nor beast.
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- Joy was born a twin.
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- Labour is light where love pays.
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- Let's cross that bridge when we come to it.
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- Long absence and guilt can change a friend.
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- Make love like war.
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- Many women, many words; many geese, many turds.
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- Mind what you must live by.
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- Nature abhors a vacuum.
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- No good building without a good foundation.
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- No time to waste like the present.
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- Old age doesn't protect from folly.
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- If wishes were horses, then beggers would ride, but you better not think about going outside.
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- If you want to be loved, be loveable.
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- Interpretation: If you are going to do something, do it right.
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- It is good sheltering under an old hedge.
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- It pays to pay attention.
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- Judge not, lest ye be judged.
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- Laugh before breakfast and you'll cry before lunch.
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- Life and misery began together.
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- Long fingers count out money.
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- Make not the door wider than the house.
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- Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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- Misfortunes come of themselves.
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