Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from A

A bad carpenter quarrels with his tools.

A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept

A bad penny always comes back.

A bad tree does not yield good apples.

A bad workman blames his tools.

A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain

A barking dog never bites

A best friend is like a four leaf clover, Hard to find and lucky to have

A bird can sing with a broken wing, but you cant pluck feathers off a frog

A bird in hand is worth two in a bush.

A bird makes his nest little by little.

A black plum is as sweet as a white

A blind hen can sometimes find a grain of wheat.

A book holds a house of gold

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket

A book that is shut is but a block.

A boot licker.

A broken friendship may be soldered but will never be sound

A bully is always a coward.

A burden of one's own choice is not felt.

A burnt cat will avoid a cold stove.

A burnt child dreads the fire.

A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it

A cat has nine lives.

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

A change is as good as a rest.

A constant guest is never welcome

A creaking door hangs longest

A crowd is not company

A danger foreseen is half avoided

A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy

A Deaf Husband and a Blind Wife are Always a Happy Couple

A diamond in the dunghill.

A dog who attends a flea circus most likely will steal the whole show

A drop of ink may make a million think

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A fair exchange is no robbery

A faithful friend is a medicine for life

A fault confessed is half redressed.

A fly will not get into a closed mouth

A fool and his money are soon (easily) parted.

A fool at forty is a fool forever.

A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions

A fool gives; a wise man takes

A fool in a gown is none the wiser.

A Fool May Give a Wise Man Counsel

A fool uttereth all his mind.

A fool will laugh when he is drowning

A fox smells its own lair first.

A friend in need is a friend indeed

A friend is easier lost than found.

A friend is not so soon gotten as lost

A friend to all is a friend to none.

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.

A friend's eye is a good mirror.

A friend's frown is better than a fool's smile.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread

A gentleman without an estate is a pudding without suet

A good beginning makes a good ending

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

A good denial, the best point in law

A good example is the best sermon.

A good friend is one's nearest relation.

A good lawyer must be a great liar

A good mate is the road map for the spaghetti junction of life

A good name is better than a good face

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold

A good surgeon has an eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart, and a lady’s hand.

A good thing is all the sweeter when won with pain.

A Good Tongue is a Good Weapon

A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret

A gossips mouth is the devils postbag

A great dowry is a bed full of brambles

A Growing Youth Has a Wolf in His Belly

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

A hairy man is a happy man, a hairy wife is a witch

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains

A handsome shoe often pinches the foot.

A happy heart is better than a full purse

A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones

A heavy purse gives to a light heart

A hedge between keeps friendship green

A helping hand is no farther than at the end of your sleeve

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A house is not a home

A huge part of real love is constant forgiveness

A jack of all trades is master of none.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

A leopard cannot change its spots.

A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.

A lie has no legs.

A light purse makes a heavy heart.

A little body doth often harbour a great soul.

A little each day is much in a year.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A little of what you fancy does you good

A live dog is better than a dead lion.

A loaded wagon makes no noise.

A loveless life is a living death.

A maiden with many wooers often chooses the worst.

A man is as old as he feels himself to be.

A man is at his tallest when he stoops to help a child

A man is judged by his deeds, not by his words

A man is known by the company he keeps.

A man of straw needs a woman of gold.

A Man of Words and Not of Deeds is Like a Garden Full of Weeds

A man that breaks his word bids other be false to him

A man too careful of danger lives in continual torment.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client

A man with a hammer sees every problem as a nail

A man’s best fortune, or worst, is his wife.

A man's intentions seldom add to his income.

A merry heart makes a long life.

A miss is as good as a mile

A monkey in silk is a monkey no less.

A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse

A penny always turns up

A penny saved is a penny earned

A person who can smile when things go wrong has found someone to blame it on

A picture is worth a thousand words

A place for everything and everything in its place

A point is the beginning of magnitude.

A poor man is better than a liar.

A positive pessimist is better than a negative optimist

A problem is a chance for you to do your best

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A proverb never lies, it is only its meaning which deceives

A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day

A reed before the wind lives on, while might oaks do fall

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A rotten apple spoils the barrel.

A scalded cat fears cold water

A short absence quickens love, a long absence kills it.

A short cut is often a wrong cut.

A single penny fairly got is worth a thousand that are not.

A slap on the back is only a few inches away from a kick in the butt

A slip of the tongue is no fault of the mind and he who laughs is very unkind

A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den

A Small Spark Makes a Great Fire

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

A soft answer turneth away wrath

A sound mind in a sound body.

A spark can start a great fire.

A sprat to catch a mackerel.

A spy with flatulence will always blow his cover.

A squirrel is just a rat with good PR.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A stumble may prevent a fall.

A swallow does not make the summer.

A thin bush is better than no shelter.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A throne is only a bench covered in purple velvet.

A tidy house holds a bored woman

A tree is known by its fruit.

A tree loaded with fruits is always bowed

A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand, but touches your heart.

A true word needs no oath.

A velvet saddle doesn’t fit on the back of a jackass.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A watched pot never boils

A wink is as good as a nod, to a blind man.

A wise head keeps a still tongue

A wise man doesn't need advice, and a fool won't take it.

A wise man shall hold his tongue till he sees his opportunity.

A wise son brings joy to his father,but a foolish son grief to his mother

A woman’s place is in the home.

A woman’s work is never done.

A wonder lasts but nine days.

A word spoken is past recalling.

A word to the wise is enough,

A young idler, an old beggar.

Abandon not your old clothes till you get your new.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. John Dalberg-Acton, 1887,

Abundance, like want, ruins many

Actions speak louder than words.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance

Adversity doesnt build character, it reveals it

Adversity Makes Strange Bedfellows

After a famine in the stall comes a famine in the hall

After a storm comes a calm.

After all is said and done, more is said than done

After dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.

After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box

After the storm comes the calm.

After us the deluge.

Age before beauty

Age has no friend but the wrinkles of the mind

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity

Agree, For The Law is Costly

All are not cooks that walk with long knives

All aren't hunters that blow the horn.

All beginning is difficult The first million is the hardest

All cats are grey in the dark.

All days are short to Industry and long to Idleness.

All flowers are not in one garland.

All good things come to an end.

All good things come to he who waits.

All good things come to those who wait.

All is fair in love and war.

All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds

All is grist that comes to the mill

All is well that ends well

All lay loads on a willing horse!

All roads lead to Rome.

All sunshine makes a desert

All that glitters is not gold.

All the world loves a lover

All things are difficult before they are easy.

All things come to those who wait.

All things thrive on thrice.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All you need is love.

All's well that ends well.

Always in a hurry, always behind.

Always the bridesmaid,never the bride

Always you are to be rich next year.

An ant may well destroy a whole dam.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

An army marches on its stomach. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), Emperor of France

An ass loaded with books think himself a scholar.

An empty purse frightens away friends.

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

An idle man is the devil's playfellow.

An injury is forgiven better than an injury revenged.

An innocent bystander often gets beaten up.

An old eagle is better than a young bird.

An old fox is not easily snared.

An old fox need learn no craft.

An old Ox makes a straight furrow.

An onion a day keeps everyone away.

An onion a day keeps everyone away.

An onion will not produce a rose.

An open door may tempt a saint.

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Anger and hate hinder good counsel.

Anger is the one thing made better by delay.

Angry Men Make Themselves a Bed of Nettles

Angry words fan the fire like wind.

Another day, another dollar

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do

Any port in a storm

Any publicity is good publicity.

Anybody can make history Only a great man can write it

Appearances are deceptive.

April showers bring May flowers.

Art has no enemy but ignorance.

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

As busy as a bee.

As delicate as a baby's eye lashes

As dry as chapped lips.

As fit as a fiddle.

As hard as nails.

As like as chalk and cheese.

As one door closes, another always opens.

As safe as houses.

As sick as a dog.

As soft as velvet.

As strong as love.

As the old cock crows so crows the young.

As the old hen crows, so crows her chicks.

As the saying goes.

As useful as a chocolate fireguard (or teapot).

As wrinkled as an elephant's hide.

As you go through life, make this your goal, watch the doughnut and not the hole.

As you make your bed you must lie upon it.

As you sow, so shall you reap .

Ask a silly question and you will get a silly answer

Ask me no questions, I'll tell  you no lies.

Ask my companion if I be a thief .

At a round table there's no dispute about the place.

At home a lion, outside a lamb.

Attack is the best form of defense.