We must take the bad with the good.
Morals are for others to follow.
Many words will not fill a bushel.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
It’s often a person’s mouth broke their nose.
There are no small parts, only small actors.
If you were born to be shot, you’ll never be hanged.
Great minds think alike, as do lesser ones.
Time is gold.
Knowledge creates mysteries.
Don’t judge a book by its cover.
Never say die.
Often corrupted to: All that glitters is not gold.
Brain is better than brawn.
The belly has no ears.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Boys will be boys.
The early bird catches the worm. But the second mouse gets the cheese.
You reap what you sow.
The teacher has not taught, until the student has learned.
Never judge the book by its cover.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
The whole dignity of man lies in the power of thought.
Like water off a duck’s back.
Even a dog can make it to the top when there’s a flood.
What goes up must come down.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Never trouble trouble ’til trouble troubles you.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
All’s well that ends well.
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth over-doing.
Not enough room to swing a cat
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
All roads lead to Rome.
Winning is earning. Losing is learning.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
Someone who gossips to you will gossip about you.
If you fake it, you can’t make it.
A word spoken is past recalling.
It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
The nail that sticks up will be hammered down.
Live and let live.
Long absent, soon forgotten.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Life is what you make of it.
Or, Don’t piss into the wind.
Something worth doing is worth doing well.
Unprepare to prepare, be prepared to be unprepared
First come, first served.
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.
When a thing is done advice comes too late.
Money makes the mare go.
One murder makes a villain, millions a hero.
Talk the hind legs off a donkey.
To put something in a new jacket.
There’s no place like home.
Think before you speak.
Do bears shit in the woods?
Fortune favours the brave.
Success is a journey not a destination.
Misery loves company.
Great events cast their shadows before them.
Write injuries in the sand, kindnesses in marble.
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Winning isn’t everything… It’s the only thing.
Let us go hand in hand,not one before another.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
What goes around comes around.
The longest mile is the last mile home.
A Pasoly in the eye is worth several in the shins.
It’s better to want something you can’t have than have something you don’t want.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
There’s many a slip ‘twixt cup and lip.
Knaves and fools divide the world.
Break the Law as the Law should be beaten.
A bad workman blames his tools.
Many things are lost for want of asking.
Little bean comes around his little salary
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity
No pain, no gain.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Walk softly, carry a big stick.
Different strokes for different folks.
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.
Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort makes all the difference!
Green leaves and brown leaves fall from the same tree.
If you want to judge a man’s character, give him power.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
No man is content with his lot.
The customer is always right.
A half truth is a whole lie.
Out of small acorns grow mighty oaks.
Don’t bark if you can’t bite.
There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain,
Self trust is the first secret of success.
What you sow is what you reap.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
It is through the small things we do that we learn, not the big things
Better is the enemy of good.
Love laughs at locksmiths.
Beware of the Bear when he tucks in his shirt.
In the end, a man’s motives are second to his accomplishments.
Don’t spoil the ship for a ha’p'orth of tar.
Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.
Politics makes strange bedfellows.
Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
The value is determined by the agreement of two people.
If you keep your mouth shut, you won’t put your foot in it.
That which does not kill you, makes you stronger.
All flowers are not in one garden.
Use it or lose it
Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians.
Even the best perfumes of the world lose their fragrance when you are not around me.
Please don’t retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them.
A little Learning is a dangerous Thing;
Least said sooner mended.
The best is yet to come.
Nobody leaves us, we only leave others.
Willful waste makes woeful want.
The early bird gets (or catches) the worm.
One swallow doesn’t make a summer.
Seek water in the sea.
Smile, and the world smiles with you; cry, and you cry alone.
I was born on a Friday, but not last Friday.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Don’t cry over spilt milk.
Mirrors do everything we do, but they cannot think for themselves.
There’s no accounting for taste.
Only the good die young
A big tree attracts the woodsman’s axe.
The world is your oyster.
Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
It’s the early bird that gets the worm.
Some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you.
A dull pencil is greater than the sharpest memory.
The best of friends need not speak face to face.
It’s a cracked pitcher that goes longest to the well.
The head and feet keep warm, the rest will take no harm.
Born with a silver spoon in his/her mouth.
Worship the Creator not His creation.
For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Little by little and bit by bit.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Advice most needed is least heeded.
Aught for naught, and a penny change.
Seek and ye shall find.
The truth is in the wine.
All for one and one for all.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately
It’s no use crying over spilt milk.
Rolling stones gather no moss
Everything changes; everything stays the same.
It’s a good horse that never stumbles.
Act today only, tomorrow is too late
More haste, less speed.
Money cannot buy happiness.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
First deserve, then desire.
Talking nineteen to the dozen.
God don’t like ugly and he ain’t stuck on pretty.
Failure is the first step to success.
To learn a lesson is a far better reward than to receive a gift.
A bean in liberty is better than a comfit in prison.
All frills and no knickers.
Life does not come with any guarantees
The greatest thing that could happen in my lifetime is for all my ideas to be stolen.
The only stupid question is the one that is not asked.
Thinking the worst always prepares you for the worst.
When you lie on roses while young, you’ll lie on thorns while you’re old.
Laugh and the world laughs with you .. Cry and you will find no one with tears.
Overlooking the more important issue.
Look before you leap.
Prior preparation prevents poor performance.
Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife.
Kindness, like grain, increase by sowing.
I think, therefore I am
Same trouble, different day.
Love is anger disappointed.
All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet.
Vengeance is mine, thus saith the Lord.
Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians.
Like father, like son.
It’s a blessing in disguise.
Necessity is the mother of all invention, but Laziness is the father.
A fox smells its own lair first. Or: A fox smells its own stink first.
Only bad drivers cut corners.
Better safe than sorry.
The pain o the little finger is felt by the entire body.
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another
Even a dog can distinguish between being stumbled over and being kicked.
If you believe that dreams can come true be prepared for the occasional nightmare.
I wants, don’t gets.
If you cross your bridges before you come to them, you will have to pay the toll twice.
It pays to pay attention.
And drinking largely sobers us again. ~ Alexander Pope
If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well.
A man’s home is his castle.
On your feet lose your seat.
As soon as a man is born, he begins to die.
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Heritage is invaluable
The coat makes the man.
Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.
The difference between a man and a cat or a dog is that only a man can write the names of the cat and the dog.
I know I know nothing
A little pot is easily hot.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Talking a mile a minute.
If at first you don’t succeed,
Beginning is half done.
The exception proves the rule.
A bellyful is one of meat, drink, or sorrow.
Forgive, but don’t forget.
He doesn’t boast who does the most
The cure is worse than the disease.
We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Fingers were invented before knives and forks.
The pitcher which goes too often to the well gets broken.
If you’re prepared to be confused, be prepared for a sore bum
The calm (comes) before the storm.
Idle hands are the devil’s playthings. ‘Alt.’ The devil makes work for idle hands.
The younger brother the better gentleman.
There’s no time like the present.
Try and try until you suceed
If all else fails, try the obvious.
Give credit where credit is due.
Many a true word is spoken in jest
Don’t enter your nose in the affairs of others.
Hope you enjoyed these English proverbs
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