Category:English proverbs
See also: Wiktionary:Proverbs
English phrases popularly known as representations of common sense.
For more information, see Appendix:English proverbs.
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- a bad penny always comes back
- a bad penny always turns up
- a bad tree does not yield good apples
- a bad workman always blames his tools
- a barking dog never bites
- a barking dog seldom bites
- a bird in the hand
- a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- a broken clock is right twice a day
- absence makes the heart go yonder
- absence makes the heart grow fonder
- a buck is a buck
- a buck is a buck is a buck
- a buck's a buck
- a burnt child dreads the fire
- a camel is a horse designed by a committee
- a camel is a horse made by a committee
- a camel is a horse made by committee
- a cat can look at a king
- a cat in gloves catches no mice
- a cat may look at a king
- accidents will happen in the best regulated families
- a chain is as strong as its weakest link
- a chain is no stronger than its weakest link
- a chain is only as strong as its weakest link
- a change is as good as a rest
- a closed mouth catches no flies
- a closed mouth doesn't get fed
- a closed mouth gathers no feet
- a contented mind is a perpetual feast
- a creaking door hangs longest
- a creaking door hangs long on its hinges
- actions have consequences
- actions speak louder than words
- a danger foreseen is half avoided
- a drowning man will clutch at a straw
- a drowning man will grab at a straw
- a drowning man will grab at straws
- a drowning man will grasp at a straw
- a drowning man will grasp at straws
- a dumb priest never got a parish
- a fair booty makes many a thief
- a fault confessed is half redressed
- a fool and his money are soon parted
- a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- age is just a number
- a golden key can open any door
- a good beginning makes a good ending
- a good conscience is a soft pillow
- a good deed is its own reward
- a healthy body is a healthy mind
- a hit dog hollers
- a hit dog will holler
- a house divided against itself cannot stand
- a house is not a home
- a hungry man is an angry man
- a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
- a leopard cannot change its spots
- a leopard does not change its spots
- a lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on
- a lie has no legs
- a little knowledge is a dangerous thing
- a little learning is a dangerous thing
- all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
- all cats are gray at night
- all cats are gray in the dark
- all cats are grey at night
- all cats are grey by night
- all cats are grey in the dark
- all good things come to an end
- all good things must come to an end
- all is fair in love and war
- all is fish that comes to the net
- all politics are local
- all politics is local
- all publicity is good publicity
- all roads lead to Mecca
- all roads lead to Rome
- all roads lead to Sydney
- all's fair in love and war
- all's fish that comes to the net
- all's well that ends well
- all that glisters is not gold
- all that glitters
- all that glitters is not gold
- all the world's a stage
- all things come to those who wait
- all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
- almost doesn't count
- almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
- a man is known by the company he keeps
- a man's home is his castle
- a mind is a terrible thing to waste
- a miss is as good as a mile
- a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips
- an apple a day keeps the doctor at bay
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away
- an army marches on its stomach
- an Englishman's home is his castle
- a new broom sweeps clean
- a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows all the corners
- a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners
- a new broom sweeps clean, but the old broom knows the corners
- an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
- an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind
- an image is worth a thousand words
- a nod is as good as a wink
- a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
- an old dog for a hard road
- another day, another dollar
- another day in paradise
- an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure
- an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure
- an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
- any exposure is good exposure
- any hole's a goal
- any port in a storm
- any press is good press
- a penny saved is a penny earned
- a penny saved is a penny gained
- a picture is worth a thousand words
- a picture paints a thousand words
- appearances are deceptive
- April showers bring May flowers
- a problem shared is a problem halved
- a promise is a promise
- a promise made is a promise kept
- a prophet has no honor in his own country
- a prophet is not without honor save in his own country
- a revolution is not a dinner party
- a rising tide lifts all boats
- a rolling stone gathers no moss
- art is long, life is short
- as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly
- ask a silly question, get a silly answer
- ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer
- a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor
- as one door closes, another opens
- a sorrow shared is a sorrow halved
- a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
- a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down
- as the mountain could not wait upon Mahomet, Mahomet would go to the mountain
- as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined
- a stick in a bundle cannot be broken
- a stick in a bundle is unbreakable
- a stitch in time saves nine
- a stopped clock is right twice a day
- a straw shows how the wind blows
- a straw shows which way the wind blows
- a sucker is born every minute
- as you have brewed, so you must drink
- as you make your bed, so you must lie in it
- as you sow, so shall you reap
- a trouble shared is a trouble halved
- attack is the best form of defence
- attack is the best form of defense
- attitude reflects leadership
- a twig in a bundle cannot be broken
- a twig in a bundle is unbreakable
- a watched kettle never boils
- a watched pot never boils
- a watched pot never boils over
- a wild goose never laid a tame egg
- a woman's work is never done
- a worry shared is a worry halved
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- bad facts make bad law
- bad money drives out good
- bad news bears
- bad news travels fast
- bad things come in threes
- barking dogs never bite
- barking dogs seldom bite
- beauty fades, dumb is forever
- beauty is but skin-deep
- beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- beauty is only skin deep
- beauty never boiled the pot
- beauty won't boil the pot
- beauty won't make the pot boil
- beer before liquor, never been sicker; liquor before beer, you're in the clear
- beggars can't be choosers
- behind every great man is a great woman
- behind every great man there stands a woman
- behind every successful man there stands a woman
- being poor is a mindset
- being poor is a state of mind
- believing is seeing
- bet on the jockey, not the horse
- better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
- better dead than red
- better dead than Red
- better Dead than Red
- better is the enemy of good
- better one word in time than two afterwards
- better safe than sorry
- better the devil you know
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know