Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from Y

You are never too old to learn..

You are what you eat.

You can eat an elephant if you do it one mouthful at a time.

You can have too much of a good thing.

You can not have your cake and eat it too.

You can not make something out of nothing.

You can’t get blood out of a stone.

You can’t have it both ways.

You can’t run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

You cannot get blood out of a stone.

You cannot lose what you never had.

You cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear

You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs

You cannot make bricks without straw

You cannot teach an old dog new tricks

You cannot win them all

You can't get blood out of a stone

You can't live on bread alone.

You can't put an old head on young shoulders.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

You have to crawl before you walk.

You made your bed, now you must lie in it.

You must drink as you have brewed.

You must loose a fly to catch a trout.

You never know what you can do until you try.

You never know what you’ve got till it’s gone.

You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from W

Wait and see. Wake not a sleeping lion. Walk before you can run. Walls have ears. Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs. Waste not want not. We can always bear other people’s misfortunes. We cannot erase the sad records from our past. We do not always gain by changing. We must learn to walk before we can run. We must take the bad with the good. We’ve arrived, and to prove it we’re here. What a man says drunk, he thinks sober. What can't be cured must be endured. What do you expect from a pig, but a grunt? What goes around, comes around What goes up must come down What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals. What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over. What we acquire without sweat, we give away without regret. Ill gotten, ill spent. What you eat today walks and talks tomorrow. What you get dirt cheap is often cheap as dirt. What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. What's the good of home, if you are never in it? When a fox hears a rabbit screaming it comes running, but not to help. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When poverty come in the door, love goes out. When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak When three women gather, it becomes noisy. When you drink from a stream, remember its source. Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind. Where one door shuts, another opens. Where there is muck there is brass. Where there is smoke, there is fire. Where there's a will there's a way. Where there's smoke there's fire. Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right. While the cat is away, the mice will play. While there is life there is hope Who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl. Who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves. who never gives Wage when asked  Whom the Gods love die young Why keep a dog and bark yourself? Wide ears and short tongue are the best. Wisdom is better than strength. Wisdom is neither inheritance nor a legacy. Wisdom is the wealth of the wise. Wise it is to comprehend the whole. With a responsibility comes great power. With age comes wisdom. Wisdom comes from experience. Without sleep, no health. woman is the neck that turns the head. Woman is the root of both good and evil  Won the battle and lost the war. Wonders will never cease! Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness. Work as if everything depends on me, but pray as if everything depends on God. Work expands so as to fill the time available. Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. Worrying never did anyone any good.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from V

Variety is the spice of life.

Variety is the spice of life. William Cowper, English poet (1731–1800).

Virtue is its own reward.

Virtues all agree, but vices fight one another.

Visit your aunt, but not every day of the year.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from U

Under the thorn grow the roses.

Union is strength. There is strength in numbers.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Unwillingness easily finds an excuse.

Up and down like a fiddler's elbow.

Use it or lose it.

Use not today what tomorrow will need.

Use soft words and hard arguments.

Using a cannon to shoot a mouse.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from T

Tailors and writers must mind the fashion.

Take a hair of the dog that bit you.

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Take heed of reconciled enemies and of meat twice boiled.

Take your time and time will take you.

Take your wife's first advice.

Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice inside the ceiling laugh.

Talk is cheap.

Talk of the devil - and the devil appears.

Talk of the devil and he will appear.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

Talking comes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself

Teaching of others teacheth the teacher

Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil (Shakespeare, Henry IV),

Temper is so good a thing that we should never lose it.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The Absent are Always Wrong.

The accomplice is as bad as the thief.

The age of miracles is past .

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

The apprentice outperforms the master.

The beaten path is safest.

The best advice is found on the pillow.

The best cast at dice is not to play.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

The Best Fish Swim Near the Bottom.

The best ground bears weeds as well as flowers.

The best is yet to come.

The best of friends must part.

The best of men are but men at best.

The best things are not bought and sold.

The best things come in small packages.

The best things in life are free.

The best throw of the dice is to throw them away

The Best Wine Comes Out of an Old Vessel

The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry.

The bigger they are the harder they fall.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The birds and the bees.

The blood of the soldiers makes the glory of the general.

The boy is father to the man.

The boy is father to the man..

The bread never falls but on its buttered side

The butcher looked for his knife and it was in his mouth.

The cat is honest when the meat is out of her reach.

The child is the father of the man

The coat makes the man.

The cobbler always wears the worst shoes.

The cobbler always wears the worst shoes.

The cobra will bite you whether you call it cobra or Mr Cobra

The company makes the feast.

The course of love never did run smooth.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The customer is always right.

The customer is always right.

The darkest hour is before the dawn.

The devil find work for idle hands to do

The devil finds work for idle hands.

The Devil goes shares in gaming

The devil looks after his own.

The Devil rides upon a fiddlestick

The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil.

The die is cast.

The difficult we do at once, the impossible takes a little longer.

The dog that trots about finds a bone. Seek and ye shall find.

The early bird catches the worm

The early worm enjoys a leisurely breakfast

The end justifies the means

The exception which proves the rule.

The eyes are the window of the soul

The eyes speak as much as the mouth

The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory

The fairest flowers soonest fade. Whom the Gods love, die youmg.

The Fairest Rose at Last is Withered.

The female of the species is more deadly than the male.

The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them.

The first step is the hardest.

The first step to health is to know that we are sick.

The fish will soon be caught, that nibbles at every bait.

The fool wanders, the wise man travels.

The fox knows much, but more he who catches him.

The fruit does not fall far from the tree.

The giver makes the gift precious.

The gods help them that help themselves.

The golden age never was the present one.

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

The greatest things are done by the aid of small ones.

The hand that gives, gathers. He benefits himself that does good to others.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

The harder you work, the luckier you are.

The hardest work is to do nothing.

The head and feet keep warm, the rest will take no harm.

The higer you climb, the harder you fall. Grasp all, loose all.

The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail.

The higher the tree, the sweeter the plum.

The higher you climb up the ladder, the more people can see your arse

The hood does not make the monk.

The horses of hope gallop, but the asses of experience go slowly

The house is a man’s castle.

The husband is always the last to know

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow. William Cowper, English poet (1731–1800)

The King can make a knight, but not a gentleman

The labourer is worthy of his hire

The last drop makes the cup run over

The longer you live the more you see.

The longest day must have an end

The longest journey begins with the first step.

The longest rope has an end

The longest way round is the sweetest way home.

The Lord loveth a cheerful liar.

The love of money is the root of all evil.

The man born to misfortune will fall on his back and fracture his nose.

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones

The meek shall inherit the earth.

The Moon does not heed the barking of dogs

The more haste, the less speed.

The more honest the man the worse the luck. Nice guy finishes last.

The more laws, the more offenses.

The more one knows, the less one believes

The more the merrier

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The more you get, the more you want

The most beautiful women are made for lovers who lack imagination

The mountain labored and gave birth to a mouse. Great cry and little wool.

The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.

The nail that sticks out gets banged down.

The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat

The obstinate man does not hold opinions; his opinions hold him.

The old believe everything, the middle aged suspect everything, the young know everything

The One who tells the stories rules the world

The only way to understand a woman is to love her

The pen is mightier than sword.

The phisician of others himself overruns with ulcers.

The pot calls the kettle black.

The price of greatness is responsibility

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance

The proof of the pudding is in the eating

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.

The receiver is as bad as the thief.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions

The rotten apple injures its neighbours

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot

The sleepy fox catches no chickens.

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

The squeaking wheel gets the grease

The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

The stick is the surest peacemaker

The straw that broke the camel's back

The sun shines on both sides of the hedge.

The tide never goes out so far but it always comes in again

The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth

The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit

The tongue wounds more than a lance.

The trouble with experience is that by the time you have it, you are too old to take advantage of it

The truth is in the wine.

The truth will out

The ugliest girl makes the best housewife.

The warrior lives an hornorable life even in poverty..

The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.

The wise man is deceived once but the fool twice.

The wise man never courts danger.

The wise shall understand.

The wish is father to the thought.

The world is full of willing people: some willing to work and some willing to let them

The worst wheel always creaks most.

The young man thinks the old mans stupid but the old man KNOWS the young man is

There are always ears on the other side of the wall

There are always more fish in the sea

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream

There Are No Atheists in Foxholes

There are none so blind as those that will not see

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

There are three classes of people one must not provoke: officials, customers and widows.

There are two sides to every question

There but for the grace of God go I

There is a black sheep in every flock.

There is a skeleton in every cupboard

There is a skeleton in every home.

There is a thin line between love and hate.

There is a time and a place for everything

There is a time to speak and a time to be silent

There is a trick in every trade.

There is always some madness in love But there is also always some reason in madness

There is always somebody worst of then yourself no matter how bad things seem

There is an exception to every rule

There is an exception to every rule

There is honour among thieves

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle

There is many a slip 'twixt cup and lip

There is more than one way to skin a cat

There is no better looking-glass than an old friend.

There is no difference between a wise man and a fool when they fall in love

There is no fool like an old fool

There is no honour among thieves.

There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly

There is no physician like a true friend

There is no place like home

There is no smoke without fire

There is no such thing as a free lunch

There is no such thing as bad publicity

There is no time like the present

There is none so blind as those who will not see

There is nowt so queer as folk

There is safety in numbers

There will be rubs in the smoothest road

There’s always a calm before a storm.

There’s always more fish in the sea.

There’s many a slip twixt cup and lip.

There’s more than one way to skin a cat.

There’s no accounting for taste.

There’s no smoke without fire.

There’s no such thing as a free lunch.

There’s no such thing as bad publicity.

There’s none so deaf as they that will not hear.

There’s one born every minute.

There's many a slip, twixt cup and the lip.

There's no use in flogging a dead horse.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear

They Brag Most That Can Do the Least

They that dance must pay the fiddler

They that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind

They that walk much in the sun will be tanned at last

Things can only get better

Things that come to those who wait may be things left by those who got there first

Think before you speak

Think Much, Speak Little and Write Less

Third time is a charm

Third time lucky

Those who cast the votes decide nothing Those who count the votes decide everything

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it

Those who play the game do not see it as clearly as those who watch

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Though the wound be healed, a scar remains

Throw a sprat to catch a whale.

Time and tide wait for no man.

Time flies.

Time is a great healer.

Time is money.

Time is money.

Time to spare.

Time waits for nobody.

Time will tell

Tis better to get things for free, than to work up a sweat

To add insult to injury.

To be worn out is to be renewed. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – 531 BC)

To beard a lion in his den.

To bring coal to Newcastle.

To deceive oneself is very easy.

To each his own.

To eat one's heart out.

To err is human, to forgive divine.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart

To have is to hold and to hold is to have.

To kill two birds with one stone.

To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

To look as if butter will not melt in his mouth.

To many people in a dustbin means there not much room in side

To scare a bird is not the way to catch it.

To search for a needle in the hay stack.

To the jaundiced eye all things look yellow.

To the victor the spoils.

To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world

To thine own self be true.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To wait and be patient soothes many a pang.

Tomorrow is a new day.

Tomorrow is another day.

Tomorrow is another day. Take things as they come.

Tomorrow never comes.

Too funny for words.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Too many Eskimos, too few seals.

Too many irons in the fire.

Too much bed makes a dull head.

Towards evening the lazy man begins to be busy.

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

True beauty lies within.

True blue will never stain.

True friends are tested in adversity.

True love is like a teardrop in Niagra falls

True love never grows old.

Trust is the mother of deceit.

Trust not a horse's heel nor a dog's tooth.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Truth will out. Truth and oil will always come to the top.

Trying to drive a square peg into a round hole.

Two blacks do not make a white.

Two cannot fall out if one does not choose.

Two Dogs Fight for a Bone, and a Third Runs Away With it.

Two fools in a house are too many.

Two heads are better then one.

Two peas in a pod.

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help and what he cannot help

Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife.

Two wrongs do not make a right.

Two wrongs may not make a right but three rights make a left.

Two’s company, three’s a crowd.

Alphabetical List. Proverbs and Quotes starting from S

Sadness and gladness succeed each other.

Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

Saying is one thing, doing is another.

Saying is one thing; doing another.

Second place is first loser.

See a pin and pick it up, all the day you will have good luck; see a pin and let it lay, bad luck you will have all day

See Naples and die.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

See nothing, say nothing, know nothing.

Seeing is believing.

Seek and ye shall find.

Seize the day.

Seldom seen, soon forgotten.

Self praise is no recommendation.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a wolf to watch the sheep. Set a fox to watch the geese.

Set your sail according to the wind.

Seven-fifths of all people do not understand fractions

Shake the hand before you plough the field.

Share and share alike!

Shedding crocodile tears.

Shiny are the distant hills.

Shoemakers’ children go barefooted.

Shopping is a therapy.

Short reckonings make long friends.

Show a clean pair of heels.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Shut up and sit down.

Sickness in the body brings sadness to the mind.

Sign on the dotted line.

Silence gives consent.

Silence is an excellent remedy against slander.

Silence is golden.

Silence is less injurious than a bad reply.

Silence is the fence around wisdom.

Since before cocky was an egg.

Six of one and half a dozen of the other. Two of a kind.

Size matters.

Sleep is better than medicine.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Slow but sure.

Small faults indulged let in greater.

Small talk.

Small time crook

Smile and the world smiles with you, snore and you sleep alone.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Snug as a bug in a rug.

So long as you do your best in life, whatever happens will be for the best.

So many men, so many minds.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Some are wise and some are otherwise.

Some of the best gifts come in small packages.

Sometimes the majority only means all the fools are on the same side

Sound as a bell.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Speak as you find.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Speak when you are spoken to.

Split second timing.

Spots before the eyes.

St Swithins Day, if thou does rain, for forty days it will remain, St Swithins day if thou be fair for forty days twill rain no more

Star turn.

Step by step one goes far.

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

Sticks and stones will break my bones but names.

Still waters are the deepest.

Still waters run deep.

Stir With a Knife, Stir Up Strife.

Stolen fruit is the sweetest.

Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both

Stop beating around the bush.

Strangers are just friends you have not met yet.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Strong men of arms become like soft putty in the arms of women.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Sunlight penetrates even the thinnest crack

Suspicion breeds phantoms.Suspicion has double eyes.

Sympathy without relief is like mustard without beef.