Primo Quotes

English Proverbs

A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) is a simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience. They are often metaphorical. A proverb that describes a basic rule of conduct may also be known as a maxim. Proverbs fall into the category of formulaic language.

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Better to be alone than in bad company.

Better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

Boys will be boys.

Brag is a good Dog, but Holdfast is a better.

A broken watch is right two times a day.

A burnt child dreads the fire.

By hook or by crook.

The calm (comes) before the storm.

Clothes make the man.

The customer is always right.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.