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. |
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