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• Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
• Actions speak louder than words.
• All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
• All cats are grey in the dark.
• All good things come to an end.
• All's well that ends well.
• All that glitters is not gold.
• All things are difficult before they are easy.
• All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
• As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
• As you sow, so shall you reap.
• Ask no questions and be told no lies.
• Bad news travels fast.
• A bad workman always blames his tools.
• Barking dogs seldom bite.
• Beauty is but skin deep.
• Beggars must not be choosers.
• The best fish swim near the bottom.
• Best is cheapest.
• The best of friends must part.
• Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
• Better be sure than sorry.
• Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
• Better bend than break.
• Better late than never.
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
• Birds of a feather flock together.
• Blood is thicker than water.
• Books and friends must be few but good.
• Boys will be boys.
• A burnt child dreads the fire.
• Busiest men find the most time.
• Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families.
• Adam's ale is the best brew.
• Advice when most needed is least heeded.
• After the storm comes the calm.
• All's fair in love and war.
• All's fish that comes to the net.
• All lay loads on a willing horse.
• All roads lead to Rome.
• Any port in a storm.
• Appearances are deceptive.
• The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest.
• As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
• Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler.
• A bad penny always comes back.
• A bad shearer never had a good sickle.
• The bait hides the hook.
• Be just before you are generous.
• The beaten road is the safest.
• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
• The best is often the enemy of the good.
• Better be a fool than a knave.
• Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave.
• Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
• Better to ask the way than go astray.
• Between two stools you fall to the ground.
• The biter is sometimes bit.
• Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall never be disappointed.
• Bread is the staff of life.
• Brevity is the soul of wit.
• The bull must be taken by the horns.
• A bully is always a coward.
• Burn not your house to fright the mouse away.

Try the Quiz : Proverbs for Teens : English Proverbs A-B