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Proverbs | List of Proverbs and Sayings

A List of proverbs and sayings. This page contains examples of proverbs and an ever growing list of proverbs. It is a good practice to avoid use of these proverbs in poetry unless used in a completely original way. See also: Idioms.

What is a Proverb?

A proverb is a brief and popular saying that typically gives advice about how people should live or that expresses a belief that is commonly thought to be true.

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Examples of Proverbs


Dainty dogs may have to eat dirty puddings.
Daylight will peep through a small hole.
Death is deaf and hears no denial.
Death keeps no calendar.
Debt is the worst kind of poverty.
Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves.
Delays are dangerous.
Desert and reward seldom keep company.
Desires are nourished by delays.
Desperate cuts must have desperate cures.
Diligence is a good patrimony.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Discreet women have neither eyes nor ears.
Discreet women have neither eyes nor ears.
Disease is oft the tax of pleasure.
Do all the good you talk of; but talk not of all the good you do.
Do as most do, and fewest will speak ill of thee.
Do as you are bidden and you'll never be to blame.
Do as you would be done by.
Do not buy a pig in a poke.
Do not holloa till you are out of the wood.
Do not live poor to die rich.
Do not spur a free horse.
Do well, and have well.
Do what thou ought, let come what may.
Dogs bark before they bite.
Doing nothing is doing ill.
Doing nothing is the hardest work.
Don't cry out before you're hurt.
Don't cut your nose off to spite your face.
Don't put all your eggs into one basket.
Don't quarrel with the beggar for his bone.
Don't run away with more than you can carry.
Don't stop the plough to catch a mouse.
Don't wake a sleeping dog.
Drink water like an ox, wine like a king of Spain.
Drive not a second nail till the first is clenched.
Drunken folk often speak truth.
Dry bread at home is better than roast beef abroad.



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