English Proverbs
English Proverbs
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A bad penny always turns up
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A contented mind is a perpetual feast
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A good conscience is a soft pillow
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A house divided against itself cannot stand
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A little is better than none
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A man is as old as he feels
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A miss is as good as a mile
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A ragged coat may cover an honest man
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A rose by any other name would smell so sweet
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A stitch in time saves nine
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A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
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A word to the wise is enough
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Adams ale is the best brew
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Adversity makes strange bedfellows
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After a storm comes a calm
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All is fish that comes to the net
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All roads lead to Rome
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All that glitters is not gold
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
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Alls well that ends well
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Among the blind the one-eyed man is king
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away
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An army marches on its stomach
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An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom
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Beauty is but skin-deep
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Beggars bags are bottomless
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Better be born lucky than wise
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Blood is thicker than water
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Cheats never prosper
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Circumstances alter cases
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Comfort is better than pride
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Coming events cast their shadows before
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Custom rules the law
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Dreams go by contraries
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Each day brings its own bread
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Empty vessels make the most noise
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Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea
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Every cloud has a silver lining
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Every law has a loophole
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Every man is his own enemy
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Every man must carry his own cross
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Every woman would rather be beautiful than good
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Everybodys business is nobodys business
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Exchange in no robbery
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Experience is the best teacher
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Experience must be bought
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Extremes are dangerous
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Findings are keepings
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Fingers were made before forks
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Fire is a good servant but a bad master
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First impressions are most lasting
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Forbidden fruit is sweetest
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Fortune favours fools
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Fortune favours the brave
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Fortune favours those who use their judgement
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Fortune knocks once at everyones door
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God made the country; man made the town
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God never sends mouths but he sends meat
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Good wine needs no bush
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Happy is the nation that has no history
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He that is down need fear no fall
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Health is not valued till sickness comes
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast
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If it were not for hope the heart would break
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If the mountain will not go to Muhammed, then Muhammed must go to the mountain
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If wishes were horses, beggars would ride
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Ill news comes apace
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It is a long road that has no turning
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It is all in a days work
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It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good
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It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive
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It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others
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It is the first step that is troublesome
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It takes all sorts to make a world
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It will all be the same a hundred years hence
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Jack of all trades, master of none
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Knowledge is power
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Least said, soonest mended
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Life is not all beer and skittles
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Like draws to like the whole world over
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Little things please little minds
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Long absent, soon forgotten
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Lookers-on see most of the game
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Love is blind
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Man proposes; God disposes
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Many hands make light work
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Misfortunes never come singly
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Nature abhors a vacuum
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Necessity is the mother of invention
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Necessity knows no law
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No man is a hero to his valet
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No man is indispensable
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No news is good news
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Nothing succeeds like success
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Old customs are best
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Old shoes are easiest
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One half of the world does not know how the other half lives
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One Mans Meat is another mans poison
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Pity is akin to love
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Possession is nine-tenths of the law
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Prevention is better than cure
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Rumour is a lying jade
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Still waters run deep
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Stolen fruit is the sweetest
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