Proverbs Quotes

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It is best to be off with the old love before you are on with the new.

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If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands.

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A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks.

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What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

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If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.

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Let's run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it.

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The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

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Give a thing, and take a thing, to wear the devil's gold ring.

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Three things are not to be trusted; a cow's horn, a dog's tooth, and a horse's hoof.

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A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.

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There goes more to marriage than four bare legs in a bed.

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You can take a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink.

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There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
Variant: There is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing.

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Who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

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The robin and the wren are God's cock and hen; the martin and the swallow are God's mate and marrow.

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If you gently touch a nettle it'll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an' as soft as silk remains.

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A prophet is not without honour save in his own country.

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What is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly.

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Red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

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There is nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.

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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

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When the wind is in the east, 'tis neither good for man nor beast.

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If Candlemas day be sunny and bright, winter will have another flight; if Candlemas day be cloudy with rain, winter is gone and won't come again.

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A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly.

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The best doctors are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet, and Dr Merryman.

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It's too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted.

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Long and lazy, little and loud; fat and fulsome, pretty and proud.

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One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

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When the gorse is out of bloom, kissing's out of fashion.

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Two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no boy at all.

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