579 British Proverbs
1. 
A bad shearer never had a good sickle.
2. 
A beggar can never be bankrupt.
3. 
A black plum is as sweet as a white.
4. 
A cat has nine lives.
5. 
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
6. 
A cheerful wife is a joy of life.
7. 
A child's service is little, yet he is no little fool that despises it.
8. 
A crown is no cure for the headache.
9. 
A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.
10. 
A fair wife and a frontier castle breed quarrels.
11. 
A gentleman ought to travel abroad, but dwell at home.
12. 
A good archer is not known by his arrows, but his aim.
13. 
A good lawyer, an evil neighbour.
14. 
A good paymaster never wants workmen.
15. 
A handful of good life, is better than a bushel of learning.
16. 
A heavy purse makes a light heart.
17. 
A horn spoon holds no poison.
18. 
A house is a fine house when good folks are within.
19. 
A house well-furnished makes a woman wise.
20. 
A hungry man is glad to get boiled wheat.
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