English Proverbs and Sayings  

Proverbs and sayings are short statements of wisdom or advice that are transmitted from generation to generation and have passed into general use.

• Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
  • Manage to produce something good using poor material.
    
    
• Man is the head of the family and woman is the neck that turns the head.
  • Men's actions are guided by their wives.
    
    
• Man proposes, God disposes.
  • Our destiny depends on God's will.
    
    
• (A) man can die but once.
  • If death comes now, you will not have to experience it later.
    
    
• (A) man is as old as he feels himself to be.
  • Your age doesn't matter as long as you are fit and healthy.
    
    
• (A) man is judged by his deeds, not by his words.
  • A person is judged on what he/she actually does, not on what they say they will do.
    
    
• (A) man is known by the company he keeps.
  • A person's character is judged by the type of people with whom they spend their time.
    
    
• Manners make the man.
  • A person's manners reveal their origins.
    
    
• Many a true word is spoken in jest.
  • Even if something is said as a joke it can still be true.
    
    
• Many hands make light work.
  • Sharing work makes the task easier.
    
    
• March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.
  • The weather at the beginning of March is stormy and at the end is mild.
    
    
• March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
  • The storms and rain in March and April produce flowers in the month of May.
    
    
    


• Mark, learn and inwardly digest.
  • Note and reflect upon something in order to thoroughly assimilate it.
    
    
• Marry in haste, repent as leisure.
  • If you get married too quickly, you may spend your whole life regretting it.
    
    
• Memory is the treasure of the mind.
  • A good memory is very precious.
    
    
• Men make houses, women make homes.
  • Women give a house its comfort and character.
    
    
• Might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb.
  • If the penalty is going to be same, you might as well commit the greater offence.
    
    
• Misery loves company
  • When people are sad they often like others to feel sad too.
    
    
• Money begets money.
  • If you have money you can make more money.
    
    
• Money doesn't grow on trees.
  • You should not waste money because it is not plentiful or obtained easily.
    
    
• (A) monkey in silk is a monkey no less.
  • No matter how someone dresses, it's the same person underneath.
    
    
• (The) more haste, the less speed.
  • A person makes more progress if they take time to do things carefully.
    
    
• (The) more you have, the more you want.
  • People have a constant desire to possess more.
    
    
• (The) mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
  • If you depend on just one thing, and it fails, you have no alternatives.