Saturday, August 7, 2010

PROVERBS

FAMOUS  PROVERBS

PROVERBS STARTING WITH ‘A’
     

Ø     Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Ø     Actions speak louder than words.
Ø     Advice is cheap.
Ø     Advice is least heeded when most needed.
Ø     Advisers run no risks.
Ø     All cats are grey in the dark.
Ø     All good things come to those who wait.  
Ø     All that glitters is not gold.
Ø     All days are short to Industry and long to Idleness.
Ø     All is fair in love and war
Ø     All's well that ends well
Ø     All things grow with time - except grief.
Ø     All things are difficult before they are easy.
Ø     All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Ø     An empty purse frightens away friends.
Ø     An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Ø     An onion a day keeps everyone away
Ø     An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Ø     Anger is the one thing made better by delay.
Ø     Any time means no time.
Ø     April showers bring May flowers.
Ø     A bad workman blames his tools.
Ø     A bird in hand is worth two in a bush.
Ø     A broken friendship may be soldered but will never be sound.
Ø     A burden of one's own choice is not felt.
Ø     A cat has nine lives.
Ø     A change is as good as a rest.
Ø     A dry March, a wet April and a cool May fill barn and cellar and bring much hay.
Ø     A fault confessed is half redressed.
Ø     A flower blooms more than once.
Ø     A fool at forty is a fool forever.
Ø     A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Ø     A friend to all is a friend to none
Ø     A friend's eye is a good mirror.
Ø     A good example is the best sermon.
Ø     A good beginning makes a good end.
Ø     A good conscience is a soft pillow.
Ø     A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
Ø     A leopard cannot change its spots.
Ø     A loaded wagon makes no noise.
Ø     A loveless life is a living death.
Ø     A man can die but once.
Ø     A monkey in silk is a monkey no less
Ø     A new broom sweeps clean.
Ø     A rising tide lifts all boats.
Ø     A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Ø     A rotten apple spoils the barrel.
Ø     A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
Ø     A stitch in time saves nine.
Ø     A stumble may prevent a fall.
Ø     A swallow does not make the summer.
Ø     A watched pot never boils
Ø     A young idler, an old beggar.
Ø     As you sow, so shall you reap
Ø     Ask me no questions, I'll tell  you no lies.
Ø     Attack is the best form of defense
Ø     A proverb is good sense brought to a point
Ø     A proverb is the child of experience.
Ø     A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs
Ø     A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom
Ø     Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it
Ø     Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to keep on formulating them
Ø   A short saying often contains much wisdom

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