100 Classic English Proverbs
To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
Change is the spice of life.
Bad times make a good man.
There is no royal road to learning.
Doubt is the key to knowledge.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
A man's best friends are his ten fingers.
Only they who fulfill their duties in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions.
The shortest way to do many things is to only one thing at a time.
Sow nothing, reap nothing.
Life is real, life is earnest.
Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it.
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions form insufficient premises.
7A man's best friends are his ten fingers.
Life is a hard and tortuous journey.
Life is a horse, and either you ride it or it rides you.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
Life is like music. It must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.
You can't judge a tree by its bark.
Sharp tools make good work.
Wasting time is robbing oneself.
Nurture passes nature.
There is no garden without its weeds.
A man is only as good as what he loves.
Wealth is the test of a man's character.
The best hearts are always the bravest.
One never lose anything by politeness.
There's only one corner of the universe you can be sure of improving, and that's your own self.
The world is like a mirror: Frown at it and it frowns at you; smile, and it smiles too.
Death comes to all, but great achievements raise a monument which shall endure until the sun grows old.
The reason why a great man is great is that he resolves to be a great man.
Suffering is the most powerful teacher of life.
A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.
A common danger causes common action.
A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast.
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
A guest should suit the convenience of the host.
A letter from home is a priceless treasure.
All rivers run into the sea.
21You can't judge a tree by its bark.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
As heroes think, so thought Bruce.
A young idler, an old beggar.
Behind the mountains there are people to be found.
Bad luck often brings good luck.
Business is business.
Clumsy birds have to start flying early.
Do one thing at a time, and do well.
Custom makes all things easy.
Desire has no rest.
Difficult the first time, easy the second.
27Wealth is the test of a man's character.
Do not teach fish to swim.
East or west, home is the best.
Experience is the best teacher.
Faith can move mountains.
First impressions are half the battle.
30There's only one corner of the universe you can be sure of improving, and that's your own self.
Haste makes waste.
He that promises too much means nothing.
He who has an art has everywhere a part.
He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.
Home is where the heart is.
If you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking.
It is never too late to mend.
It six of one and half a dozen of the other.
Just has long arms.
Keep something for a rainy day.
Life is a span.
Man proposes, God disposes.
Meet plot with plot.
Merry meet, merry part.
Mind acts upon mind.
Never hit a man when he is down.
Never judge by appearances.
No fire without smoke.
Nurture passes nature.
One is never too old to learn.
One swallow does not make a summer.
One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Practice makes perfect.
Poverty is stranger to industry.
Rome was not built in a day.
Sense comes with age.
Some thing is learned every time a book is opened.
Strike while the iron is hot.
The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there.
The heart is seen in wine.
The worse luck now, the better another time.
Time tries all things.
Use legs and have legs.
Virtue never grows old.
Walls have ears.
What is done cannot be undone.
Wine in, truth out.
50Do one thing at a time, and do well.
51Custom makes all things easy.
52Desire has no rest.
53Difficult the first time, easy the second.
54Do not change horses in mid-stream.
55Do not have too many irons in the fire.
56Do not teach fish to swim.
57East or west, home is the best.
58Experience is the best teacher.
59Faith can move mountains.
60First impressions are half the battle.
61Good wine needs no bush.
62Haste makes waste.
63He that promises too much means nothing.
64He who has an art has everywhere a part.
65He would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.
66Home is where the heart is.
67If you are not inside a house, you don not know about its leaking.
68It is never too late to mend.
69It six of one and half a dozen of the other.
70Just has long arms.
71Keep something for a rainy day.
72Life is a span.
73Man proposes, God disposes.
74Meet plot with plot.
75Merry meet, merry part.
76Mind acts upon mind.
77Never hit a man when he is down.
78Never judge by appearances.
79No fire without smoke.
80Nurture passes nature.
81One is never too old to learn.
82One swallow does not make a summer.
83One who has seen the ocean thinks nothing of mere rivers.
84Out of sight, out of mind.
85Practice makes perfect.
86Poverty is stranger to industry.
87Rome was not built in a day.
88Sense comes with age.
89So many men, so many minds.
90Some thing is learned every time a book is opened.
91Strike while the iron is hot.
92The car will find its way round the hill when it gets there.
93The heart is seen in wine.
94The worse luck now, the better another time.
95Time tries all things.
96Use legs and have legs.
97Virtue never grows old.
98Walls have ears.
99What is done cannot be undone.
100Wine in, truth out.
