English Proverbs & Sayings Part 1

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
2. A bad corn promise is better than a good lawsuit.
3. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
4. A bargain is a bargain.
5. A beggar can never be bankrupt.
6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
7. A bird may be known by its song.
8. A black hen lays a white egg.
9. A blind leader of the blind.
10. A blind man would be glad to see.
11. A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound.
12. A burden of one's own choice is not felt.
13. A burnt child dreads the fire.
14. A cat in gloves catches no mice.
15. A city that parleys is half gotten.
16. A civil denial is better than a rude grant.
17. A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
18. A clean hand wants no washing.
19. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
20. A close mouth catches no flies.

English Proverbs and Sayings Part 2

1.      A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.

2.      A cracked bell can never sound well.

3.      A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.

4.      A curst cow has short horns.

5.      A danger foreseen is half avoided.

6.      A drop in the bucket.

7.      A drowning man will catch at a straw.

8.      A fair face may hide a foul heart.

9.      A fault confessed is half redressed.

10.  A fly in the ointment.

11.  A fool always rushes to the fore.

12.  A fool and his money are soon parted.

13.  A fool at forty is a fool indeed.

14.  A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

15.  A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.

16.  A fool's tongue runs before his wit.

17.  A forced kindness deserves no thanks.

18.  A foul morn may turn to a fair day.

19.  A fox is not taken twice in the same snare.

20.   A friend in need is a friend indeed.