Blunt Proverbs

Expressions are blunt and speak the truth and never beat around the bush.
1. A bad workman always blames his tools.
2. Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder.
3. A Cat Has Nine Lives.
4. Actions Speak Louder Than Words.
5. A Diamond With A Flaw Is Better than Common Stone That Is Perfect.
6. A Drowning Man Will Clutch A Straw.
7. A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted (Disney version from Scrooge McDuck- "'Mark My Words A Villain And Their Riches Are Soon Parted!'")
8. After victory, tighten your helmet chord.
9. A good listen is a silent flatterer.
10. A Goose's Quill Is More Dangerous Than A Lion's Claw.
11. A Happy Heart Is Better Than A Full Purse.
12. A Jack of All Trades is A Master of None.
13. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
14. A Leopard Doesn't Change Its Spots.
15. All Is Fair in Love and War.
16. All is Well That Ends Well.
17. All Lay Loads On A Willing Horse.
18: All That Glitters Is Not Gold.
19. Among the blind, a one-eyed man is king.
20. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
21. An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by sheep.
22. An Empty Vessel Makes Much Noise.
23: An Hour in The Morning is Worth Two in The Evening.
24: An idle brain is devil's workshop.
25: An ounce of protection is worth a pound of cure.
26: A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss.
27: A ship in the harbor is safe, but that's not what a ship is for.
28: Ask No Questions and Hear No Lies.
29: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine.
30: As you sow, so shall you reap.
31. A thing begun is half done.
32. A Tree is Known by Its Fruit
33. Barking Dogs Seldom Bite.
34. Beauty is in The Eye of the Beholder.
35. Beauty is Only Skin Deep.
36. Beauty Lies Deep Beneath the Skin.
37. Beggars can't be choosers.
38. Begin to weave and God will give the thread.
39. Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
40. Best things in life are free.
41. Better Late Than Never.
42. Better to be Poor and Healthy than Rich and Sick.
43. Birds of Feather Flock Together.
44. Blood Is Thicker Than Water.
45. Clothes Do Not Make A Man.
46. Cowards Die Many Times Before Their Death.
47. Cross The Stream where It is The Shallowest.
48. Curiosity Killed The Cat.
49. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
50. Different strokes for Different folks.
51. Discretion is The Better Part of Valor.
52. Do as you would be done by.
53. Doctors Make The Worst Patients.
54. Don't bite the hands that feed you.
55. Don't carry coals to Newcastle.
56. Don't cast pearls before the swine.
57. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
58. Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.
59. Don't empty the water jug till the rain falls.
60. Don't judge a book by its cover.
61. Don't kill the goose that lays golden eggs.
62. Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile.
63. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
64. Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
65. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
66. Eagles Don't Catch Flies.
67. Early bird catches the worm.
68. Empty bags can't stand up right.
69. Every Cloud has a Silver Lining.
70. Every Dog Has His Day.
71. Every Horse thinks its own pack is the heaviest.

72. Every tub must stand on its own bottom.
73. Fall Seven Times; Stand Up Eight.
74. Familiarity breeds Contempt.
75. Faults Are Thick Where Love Is Thin.
76. Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds.
77. Flattery like Perfume should be Smelled not Swallowed.
78. Fools Rush in where Angels Fear to Tread.
79. Fortune Favors the Brave.
80. For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
81. Get out while the going is good.
82. God helps Those Who Help Themselves. (applies to physical effort of physical tasks only honestly. Author's Note: I'm a Christian and God always helps those in need because I pray for those in need emotionally conflicted not just physically struggling and I know he hears and answers all my prayers.)
83. Good bargains empty the purse.
84. Good Swimmers are often Drowned.
85. Good things come to those who wait.
86. Good wine needs no bush.
87. Grief divided is made lighter.
88. Half a loaf is better than none.
89. Home is where the heart is.
90. Honesty is the best policy.
91. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
92. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
93. If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a 100 days of sorrow.
94. If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
95. If you can't beat them, join them.
96. If you play with fire, you'll get burned.
97. If you want peace, prepare for war.
98. If you want to go quickly, go alone, if you want to go far, go together.
99. Ignorance is bliss.
There are only twenty six chapters left. If you don't know the mean of something go to the website in the screenshot I posted here my wonderful friends. I don't think I need to post every proverb meaning given they're suppose to be precise and blunt getting straight to the point. Hope you all enjoyed this new topic surprise. This wasn't going to be a topic in this book but after that majorly disorganized website I just visited claiming idioms were proverbs I had to add a proverbs section to this book to clear the air, lovely Skylights.

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