A proverb is defined as a short string of words that inspire and teach us important aspects of life. Numerous English authors and poets have provided the world with some valuable and precious gems of learning.
These English proverbs have been intertwined in the great works of English classical literature through the various eras...
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
- After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
- All is fish that comes to the net.
- Blood is thicker than water.
- The age of miracles in past.
- All things come to those who wait.
- The best things come in small packages.
- The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer.
- A bad excuse is better than none.
- Better to be envied than pitied.
- Coming events cast their shadows before.
- One good turn deserves another.
- One of these day is none of these days.
- Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.