English Proverbs & Sayings

Alphabetical lists of English proverbs and sayings with their meaning.

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What are proverbs?
Proverbs and sayings are short statements of wisdom or advice
that are transmitted from generation to generation
and have passed into general use.

Alphabetical lists of English Proverbs

Below you will find lists of commonly-used proverbs in English.
The table shows the first and last proverb in each list.

Proverbs A	A bad excuse is better than none → Ask me no questions...
Proverbs B	Bad news travels fast → A burnt child dreads the fire.
Proverbs C	A cat has nine lives → Constant occupation prevents temptation.
Proverbs D	Dead men tell no lies → A dry March, a wet April and a cool May ...
Proverbs E	Early to bed and early to rise ... → Experience is the father of wisdom.
Proverbs F	Facts speak louder than words. → Friendship is love with understanding
Proverbs G	Gardens are not made by ...→ A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
Proverbs H	Half a loaf is better than none. → Hunger is a good sauce.
Proverbs I	An idle brain is the devil's workshop.→ It takes all sorts to make a world
Proverbs J-K	Justice delayed is justice denied.→ Knowledge is power.
Proverbs L	Laughter is the best medicine.→ A loveless life is a living death.
Proverbs M	Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.→ A monkey in silk is ...
Proverbs N	Necessity is the mother of invention.→ Nothing ventured nothing gained.
Proverbs O	Once bitten, twice shy. → Out of sight, out of mind.
Proverbs P-Q	Penny wise, pound foolish.→ Put all your eggs in one basket.
Proverbs R	Revenge is sweet. → A rotten apple spoils the barrel.
Proverbs S	Save me from my friends. → Stolen fruit is the sweetest.
Proverbs T	Tall oaks grow from little acorns. → Two wrongs don't make a right.
Proverbs U-V	Union is strength. → Virtue is its own reward.
Proverbs W	Walls have ears. → Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
Proverbs X-Y-Z	You are what you eat.→ Young idler, old beggar.