Category:English proverbs

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  1. it is a wise child that knows his own father
  2. the cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet
  3. eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die
  4. sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
  5. the fox may grow grey but never good
  6. the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature
  7. one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen
  8. it takes all sorts to make a world
  9. it takes all sorts
  10. it takes all kinds
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  1. there's always a bigger fish
  2. the grass is always greener on the other side
  3. carpe diem
  4. you can't get a quart into a pint pot
  5. e pluribus unum
  6. birds of the feather flock together
  7. there's more than one way to skin a cat
  8. every dog has its day
  9. when the cat's away the mice will play
  10. power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely

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English phrases popularly known as representations of common sense.

For more information, see Appendix:English proverbs.

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