These are common English proverbs. They reflect the philosophy, humor and character of English speakers.
1. Time is money
2. Walls have ears
3. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
4. Live and learn
5. At night all cats are grey*
6. There is a time for all things
7. Love is blind
8. Men make houses; women make homes
9. Money talks
10. Necessity is the mother of invention
11. Time flies
12. The child is the father of the man
13. Dog does not eat dog
14. A cat has nine lives
15. It's no use crying over spilt milk
16. Where there's a will, there's a way
17. There's no smoke without fire
18. Never say die
19. Make hay while the sun shines
20. Out of sight, out of mind
21. You can't have your cake and eat it
22. Experience is the best teacher
23. When in Rome, do as Romans do
24. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush
25. No news is good news
26. Live and let live
27. The more you have, the more you want
28. Let sleeping dogs lie
29. Don't put the chart before the horse
30. Better late than never
31. Absense makes the heart grow fonder
32. First come, first served
33. Don't cross your bridges before you come to them
34. Don't count your chickens before they're hatched
35. Still waters run deep
36. He who hesitates is lost
37. Look before you leep
38. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
39. Haste makes waste
40. Finders keepers, losers weepers
41. Water dripping day by day wears the hardest rock way
42. Let bygones be bygones
43. Cheer up! The worst is yet to come
44. Better to be alone than in bad company
45. Looks can be deceiving
46. Barking dogs seldom bite
47. Hell is paved with good intentions
48. The calm after the storm
49. The early bird catches the worm
50. Money doesn't grow on trees
51. Birds of a feather flock together / A man is known by the company he keeps
52. Two heads are better than one
53. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
54. A closed mouth catches no flies
55. Do as I say, not as I do
56. Speak of the devil and he appears
57. A burnt child dreads the fire
58. Every dark cloud has a silver lining
58. Out of sight, out of mind
59. Kill two birds with one stone
60. An idle mind is the devil's workshop
61. Don't bite the hand that feeds you
62. Don't bite off more than you can chew
63. Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today
64. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill / Don't sweat the small stuff
65. All that glitters is not gold / Not all that glitters is gold
66. All is fair in love and war
67. Crime doesn't pay
68. Success depend on ten percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration
69. A word to the wise is enough
70. When the cat's away, the mice will play
71. It takes two to make a fight
72. Beauty lies in lovers' eyes
73. Nothing ventured, nothing gained
74. Make do with what you have
75. He who laughs last laughs best
76. Don't wash the family's dirty linen in public
77. If you can't beat them, join them
78. Better be safe than sorry
79. Like father, like son
80. All good things must come to an end
81. Two wrongs don't make a right
82. You scracth my back and I scratch yours
*grey (Great Britain) = gray (United States)
Note: many of the proverbs are equally used in Brazil
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