- If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.
- If things were to be done twice all would be wise.
- If we can't as we would, we must do as we can.
- If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.
- If you agree to carry the calf, they'll make you carry the cow.
- If you cannot bite, never show your teeth.
- If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have.
- If you dance you must pay the fiddler.
- If you laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper.
- If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
- If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
- If you throw mud enough, some of it will stick.
- If you try to please all you will please none.
- If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.
- Ill-gotten gains never prosper.
- Ill-gotten, ill-spent.
- In every beginning think of the end.
- In for a penny, in for a pound.
- In the country of the blind one-eyed man is a king.
- In the end things will mend.
- In the evening one may praise the day.
- Iron hand (fist) in a velvet glove.
- It is a good horse that never stumbles.
- It is a long lane that has no turning.
- It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.
- It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
- It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
- It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait.
- It is easy to swim if another hoids up your chin (head).
- It is enough to make a cat laugh.
- It is good fishing in troubled waters.
- It is never too late to learn.
- It is no use crying over spilt milk.
- It is the first step that costs.
- It never rains but it pours.
- It's as broad as it's long.
- It's no use pumping a dry well.
- It's one thing to flourish and another to fight.
- It takes all sorts to make a world.
- Jackdaw in peacock's feathers.
- Jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail.
- Judge not of men and things at first sight.
- Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined.
- Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.
- Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
- Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
- Last, but not least.
- Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free.
- Learn to creep before you leap.
- Learn to say before you sing.
- Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
- Least said, soonest mended.
- Leaves without figs.
- Let bygones be bygones.
- Let every man praise the bridge he goes over.
- Let sleeping dogs lie.
- Let well (enough) alone.
- Liars need good memories.
- Lies have short legs.
- Life is but a span.
- Life is not a bed of roses.
- Life is not all cakes and ale (beer and skittles).
- Like a cat on hot bricks.
- Like a needle in a haystack.
- Like begets like.
- Like cures like.
- Like father, like son.
- Like draws to like.
- Like master, like man.
- Like mother, like daughter.
- Like parents, like children.
- Like priest, like people.
- Like teacher, like pupil.
- Little chips light great fires.
- Little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
- Little pigeons can carry great messages.
- Little pitchers have long ears.
- Little strokes fell great oaks.
- Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.
- Little things amuse little minds.
- Live and learn.
- Live and let live.
- Live not to eat, but eat to live.
- Long absent, soon forgotten.
- Look before you leap.
- Look before you leap, but having leapt never look back.
- Lookers-on see more than players.
- Lord (God, Heaven) helps those (them) who help themselves.
- Lost time is never found again.
- Love cannot be forced.
- Love in a cottage.
- Love is blind, as well as hatred.
- Love me, love my dog.
- Love will creep where it may not go.
- Make haste slowly.
- Make hay while the sun shines.
- Make or mar.
- Man proposes but God disposes.
- Many a fine dish has nothing on it.
- Many a good cow has a bad calf.
100 English Proverbs & Sayings -part 2
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