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English proverb
A proverb (from the Latin proverbium), also called a byword, is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated, which expresses a truth, based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity. They are often metaphorical. A proverb that describes a basic rule of conduct may also be known as a maxim. If a proverb is distinguished by particularly good phrasing, it may be known as an aphorism. (source: Wikipedia)
1. "You can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink."
categories: Nature and Animals -:- Various
2. "Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body."
categories: Health and Alcohol -:- Wisdom and Stupidity
3. "Wisdom is more to be envied than riches."
categories: Envy -:- Richness and Money -:- Wisdom and Stupidity
4. "Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow."
categories: Sin and Conscience -:- Sorrow and Nostalgia
5. "While the doctors consult, the patient dies."
categories: Health and Alcohol
6. "Where there is a will, there is a way."
categories: Various
7. "When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window."
categories: Love -:- Richness and Money
8. "We never know the worth of water till the well is dry."
categories: Nature and Animals
9. "Too much liberty spoils all."
categories: Freedom and Servitude
categories: Time and Passing -:- Truth and Falsity
11. "Time and tide wait for no man."
categories: Time and Passing
12. "The wife is the key of the house."
categories: Marriage
13. "The shortest answer is doing."
categories: Work and Laziness -:- Question and Problem
14. "The offender never pardons."
categories: Forgiveness
15. "The life of the wolf is the death of the lamb."
categories: Life and Death -:- Nature and Animals
16. "Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves."
categories: Richness and Money
17. "Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short."
categories: Marriage -:- Sorrow and Nostalgia
18. "Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away."
categories: Bravery and Fear
19. "Music is the eye of the ear."
categories: Art and Culture
20. "Laws catch flies and let hornets go free."
categories: Law and Crime
21. "Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbours."
categories: Joy and Sadness -:- Sorrow and Nostalgia
22. "It is not work that kills, but worry."
categories: Pain and Tears -:- Work and Laziness
23. "In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty."
categories: Friendship and Hostility -:- Richness and Money
24. "Hunger is the best sauce."
categories: Health and Alcohol
25. "He who has no shame has no conscience."
categories: Manners and Ethics -:- Sin and Conscience
26. "Great hopes make great man."
categories: Optimism and Hope -:- Success and Fame
27. "From saving comes having."
categories: Richness and Money
28. "Fame is a magnifying glass."
categories: Success and Fame
29. "Experience without learning is better than learning without experience."
categories: Knowledge, Ignorance -:- Education
30. "Every dog is valiant at his own door."
categories: Bravery and Fear -:- Nature and Animals
31. "East or West, Home is best."
categories: Patriotism
32. "Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together."
categories: Nature and Animals
33. "Doubt is the key of knowledge."
categories: Knowledge, Ignorance
34. "Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork."
categories: Health and Alcohol
35. "Diligence is the mother of success."
categories: Work and Laziness
36. "Danger is next neighbour to security."
categories: Bravery and Fear -:- Various
37. "Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye."
categories: Marriage
38. "Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old."
categories: Family and Loneliness -:- Richness and Money
39. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
categories: Health and Alcohol -:- Various
40. "An illiterate king is a crowned ass."
categories: Authority, Government -:- Education
41. "An idle brain is the devil's workshop."
categories: Work and Laziness
42. "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
categories: Work and Laziness
43. "Action is the proper fruit of knowledge."
categories: Knowledge, Ignorance
44. "A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand."
categories: Health and Alcohol
45. "A friend in need is a friend indeed."
categories: Friendship and Hostility
46. "A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial."
categories: Law and Crime -:- Nature and Animals
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