ALPHABETIC LIST OF PROVERBS**A**
*Absence makes the heart grow fonder:we feel more affection for our relatives and friends when we are parted from them
*Accidents will happen in the best regulated families:Even the most efficient organization is not infallible.
*Actions speak louder than words:It is what we do that really matters,not just what we say
*Adam's ale is the best brew:This tells us that water is the best drink.It is advice against drinking alcohol.Adam’sale is the old term for water.
*Advice when most needed is least heeded:Advice is something that wise men don't need and foolish people won't take.
*After a storm comes a calm:This is optimistically suggests that,just as there is inevitably a calm after a storm,there must be something better after every piece of ununpleasantness.
*All are not thieves that dogs bark at:Beware of judging people by appearances.Good looks do not always go with virtue,or ugliness with sin.
*All cats are grey in the dark: Beauty is unimportant.
* All good things come to an end:Pleasures cannot go on for ever,for all things change
* All 's well that ends well: It is the end that matters,making up for previous failures and disappointments.
*All roads lead to Rome:we can arrive at one common objective by different means
*All that glitters is not gold:appearances are deceptive
*All things are difficult before they are easy : Practice makes perfect .
*As you make your bed , so you must lie in it : All of us are responsible for the consequences of our actions, so we must put up with them.
*As you saw, so shall you reap : You will be punished or rewarded according to whether you have led a virtuous or a sinful life .
ALPHABETIC LIST OF PROVERBS**B**
*Bad news travels fast:Bad news nearly always reaches us more quickly than good news.
*Barking dogs seldom bite:A man who utters threats in a loud voice,or is given to noisy boasting,need not be taken seriously
*Beauty is in the eye of the beholder:=everyone to his taste
*Beggars must not be choosers:anybody whose circumstances are such that he has no choice in a matter.He must take it or leave it.
*The best fish swim near the bottom:They are the most difficult to catch.Nothing is really worth having if it can be got without any trouble.the best things are hard to come by.
*The best of friends must part:=All good things come to an end
*Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow:=A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
*Better to ask the way than go astray:Some people are too proud to admit that they don't know,and,by refusing to ask,go astray.They do the wrong thing or become lost.the proverb advises us to pocket our pride and ask for advice in order to avoid unnecessary consequences.
*Birds of a feather flock together:Human beings with similar tastes or interests tend to come together in groups
*Books and friends should be few but good:People who have too many books often find they haven't any time to read them.In the same way,people with too many friends cannot find enough time to cultivate friendship with all of them.It is therefore better that both friends and books should be few in number and good in quality.
*Boys will be boys:=Boys are boys.
*A burnt child dreads the fire:Once he has burnt himself he is very careful to see that it doesn't happen again.=Once bitten,twice shy.
*Busiest men find the most time:People who do a lot are the people who have most energy.However busy they are,they can usually manage to do something more.
ALPHABETIC LIST OF PROVERBS**C**
*Call no man happy till he is dead:Life is bound to be so bad that no living person can ever be happy.
*A cat has nine lives:When someone has had so many accidents but has survived.
*Charity begins at home:This proverb is often used as an excuse for not helping those outside the family circle.
*Cherchez la femme:Whenever there is any trouble there is usually a woman behind it..
*Clothes do not make the man:It is what behind the man-that is,his character-that really matters.on the other hand,this is contradicted by #the tailor makes the man.
*A constant guest is never welcome:People like their friends'company at fairly intervals.If their friends come too often they are apt to grow to dislike them
*Cross the stream where it is shallowest:Don't make difficulties for yourself by doing the hard way.Find the simplest means of achieving your object.
*Cut your coat according to your cloth:Adjust your expenditure according to your resourses.Ex:I asked the dealer the price of the best jeans I had set my heart on,but it was too expensive,so I had to cut my coat according to my cloth and buy a cheaper one.
ALPHABETIC LIST OF PROVERBS**D**
*The darkest hour is that before dawn:Even when things seem at their very worst,they may shortly improve.
*Death is the great leveller:Death makes us all equal.
*Deeds not words:A person is known and judged by his actions than by what he says.=Actions speak louder than words.
*Desires are nourished by delays:The longer we kept waiting for something,the more we want it.
*Do as most men do,then most men will speak well of you:Go with the crowd.If you try to act differently from the majority you will become unpopular.
*Don't count your chickens before they are hatched:Never be too optimistic about anything;wait till your difficulties are over before you boast of success.
*Don't cross a bridge till you come to it:Don't worry about something before it has happened.Your fears may be groundless,for it may never happen.
*Don't cry before you are hurt:You should not give way to misfortune till it actually happens,since it may not happen.
*Don't make yourself a mouse,or the cat will eat you:If you belittle yourself,people will take advantage of you.Stand up for yourself.=Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you.
*Don't put all your eggs in one basket:spread the risk.=The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken .
*Don't put the cart before the horse:We should not get things back to front,but should deal with them in their right order.
*Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs:Don't offer advice to those who are more experienced than you are.
*Don't wash your dirty linen in public:We should not discuss intimate family matters in public,especially if they are of a shameful nature.
*Dog does not eat dog:=there is honour among thieves.
*Dying is as natural as living:We should not fear death,as it is natural and inevitable.
ALPHABETIC LISTOF PROVERBS**E**
*The early bird catches the worm:Good advice to those who get up late in the morning,or miss opportunities by not acting promptly.=First come,first served.
*Early to bed and early to rise:Early to bed and early to rise.....Makes a man wealthy, healthy and wise
*East or west,home is best:=there 's no place like home
*Enough is as good as a feast:This teaches the same lesson as= moderation in all things.
*Every ass likes to hear himself bray:The donkey (ass)is supposed to be fond of his own ugly voice.In the same way,foolish people seem to be fond of their own voices,since they talk too much.
*Every dog has his day:Good fortune comes once to all of us.If I am lucky today,your turn will come later on;or,alternatively,don't be too boastful,for tomorrow our positions may be reversed.=The worse luck now,the better another time.
*Every why has a wherefore:There is a reason for everything.
*Everyone to his taste:We all have our likes and dislikes.=Tastes differ=Beauty is in the eye of the beholder=One's man's meat is another man's poison.
*Experience is the mother of wisdom:out of experience comes wisdom.We learn by our mistakes.
ALPHABETIC LIST OF PROVERBS**F**
*Fingers were made before forks:The proverb is quoted as an excuse for eating anything in one's fingers instead of using a fork.
*First come,first served:This is the penalty of lateness.Those who arrive early get a better choice.
*First thrive and then wive:The wording is old but the lesson is as fresh as ever.Don't marry until you can well afford to do so.
*A fool and his money are soon parted:="Easy come,easy go"A wise man spends his money prudently;a foolish spends his without thought and soon is penniless.He is 'parted' from his money.
*Forbidden fruit is sweetest:="Too much curiosity lost paradise "If we are told that we must not have a thing,we want it more than ever;and if we are told not to do a thing,we feel impelled to do it.
*A forced kindness deserves no thanks:No doubt the doer of the kindness is thanked,but he does not deserve to be if he has done it against his will
*Forgive and forget:When you pardon someone,you must forget what he has done to you.
*Fortune knocks at least once at every man's gate:="Opportunity seldom knocks twice"Opportunity comes to everyone at least once,and when it does come we should seize it.
*A friend in need is a friend indeed:You real friends are those who remain your friends when you are really in need of them
*Full of courtesy,full of craft:Beware of a man who is too extravagantly polite,for he is probably trying to cheat you
ALPHABETIC LIST OF PROVERBS**G**
*Give a lie twenty four hours' start,and you can never overtake it:If a lie is not refuted immediately,it will pass from mouth to mouth until it is accepted as truth by everybody.
*If yon want a thing well done, do it yourself:This is good advice up to a point, yet an employer who does not delegate authority because he does not trust his staff to carry out his instructions is not only increasing his own burdens but also depriving his staff of all initiative after all.why keep a dog and bark yourself?
*If yon want peace, prepare for war:By arming itself to meet aggression, a country reduces the risk of being attacked.George Washington said in his address to Congress on January 8th, 1790:'To be prepared for war is the most effectual means of preserving peace.'
*An ill payer never wants an excuse:Here 'wants' means 'lacks'. A man who keeps his creditors waiting always has an excuse ready for not paying their bills.