Proverb Examples from around the world

Proverbs Starting with letter T - part 15
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There is never enough where nought is left.
There is never trust without loss.
There is never wanting a dog to bark at you.

There is no accounting for tastes.
There is no appeal from time past.
There is no bad food in a famine.
There is no bad weather only bad clothing.
There is no beast so savage but sports with its mate.
There is no better patch than one off the same cloth.
There is no better sale than when you give a true friend what he needs.
There is no better surgeon than one with many scars.
There is no blindness but the blindness of the heart.
There is no bush so small but casts its shadow.
There is no chapel so small but has its saint.
There is no choicer morsel than that which is stolen.
There is no coat big enough to hide both poverty and drunkenness.
There is no coincidence in getting married.
There is no cure against a slanderer's bite.
There is no cure for an unknown illness.
There is no cure for him who hides an illness.
There is no cure for vulgarity.
There is no cure that does not have its price.
There is no day without its night.
There is no departing from the words of the law.
There is no disinterested gift.
There is no doctor on the day you die.
There is no dog, be he ever so wicked, but wags his tail.
There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result is twins.
There is no eel so small but it hopes to become a whale.
There is no escape from heaven's web.
There is no escape from the net of heaven.
There is no evil without goodness.
There is no fire without smoke.
There is no fire without smoke. (Where there is smoke there is fire.).
There is no fish in well-water, there is no leaf on dry wood.
There is no fishing for trout in dry breeches.
There is no flavour in a swallowed morsel.
There is no flower that lasts ten days and no might lasts ten years.
There is no flying without wings.
There is no fool like a learned fool.

There is no fool like an old fool.
There is no getting blood from a turnip.
There is no god except God.
There is no god like one's stomach; we must sacrifice to it every day.
There is no going to heaven in a sedan.
There is no good in preaching to the hungry.
There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.
There is no greater misfortune than your own.
There is no greater misfortune, than to not be able to endure misfortune.
There is no hand to catch time.
There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness.
There is no helping him who will not be advised.
There is no honey without gall.
There is no honor when there is nothing to eat.
There is no house without its hush! hush!.
There is no household without domestic fight.
There is no hunting but with old hounds.
There is no ivory in the mouth of a dog.
There is no joy without alloy.
There is no law written for fools (, if it is written, it is not read, if it is read, it is not understood, if it is understood, then in wrong way).
There is no little enemy.
There is no lock on the purse of a gambler.
There is no lock, if the pick is of gold.
There is no love without jealousy.
There is no lover like mothers' nor a place like homeland.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
There is no making pancakes without breaking the eggs.
There is no man nor thing without his defect, and often they have two or three of them.
There is no medicine for a fool.
There is no medicine to cure hatred.
There is no misfortune that doesn't come because of good.
There is no mother like the mother that bore us.
There is no mother like your own mother.
There is no nail varnish that can make old hands look younger.
There is no need for fish in an empty pond.
There is no need like the lack of a friend.
There is no need to bind up one's head before it is broken.
There is no need to blow what does not burn you.
There is no need to whip docile horses.
There is no off switch on a tiger.
There is no old bread that cannot find its cheese.
There is no one luckier than he who thinks himself so.
There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, and no one who became fat because he broke a fast.
There is no other happiness but peace.
There is no phrase that doesn't have a double meaning.
There is no physician who can cure the disease of love.
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
There is no place like home.
There is no point in combing where there is no hair.

There is no point in offering a helping hand to someone who wants to drown.
There is no point in showing the way to an old hare.
There is no point of knowledge or wisdom if not dotted.
There is no pot so bad but finds it cover.
There is no pot so ugly but finds its cover.
There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich.
There is no queue at the gate of Patience.
There is no reason for war that reasonable men cannot resolve.
There is no remedy against the bite of a secret slanderer.
There is no remedy for death, but death itself is a remedy.
There is no remedy for what will be and who will die.
There is no repentance after death.
There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence.
There is no right way to do a wrong thing.
There is no robber worse than a bad book.
There is no room for two dragons in one pond.
There is no room for two kings in one castle.
There is no royal road to learning.
There is no saint so petty but claims his own candle.
There is no science without patience.
There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.
There is no smoke without fire.
There is no smooth way from the earth to the stars.
There is no spite like that of a proud beggar.
There is no strength without unity.
There is no stripping a naked man.
There is no such path, that has not been walked along before.
There is no such thing as a pretty good omelet.
There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy.
There is no such thing as bad food when you are really hungry.
There is no such thing as dirty clothes when it is cold.
There is no such thing as free of charge.
There is no such thing as tasty medicine.
There is no such witness as a good measure of wine.
There is no such word as 'can't.
There is no tax upon lying.
There is no thief without a receiver.
There is no truth in feet.
There is no use in blowing a fire that burns well.
There is no use in pissing into the wind.
There is no virtue in a promise unless it be kept.
There is no way to teach a machine wisdom after folly.
There is no wheat without chaff.
There is no wind that blows right for the sailor who doesn't know where the harbor is.
There is no winter for who has remained in his mother's womb.
There is no winter without snow, no spring without sunshine, and no happiness without companions.
There is no wise response to a foolish remark.
There is no woman who sleeps so deeply that the sound of a guitar won't bring her to the window.
There is no worse apprentice than the one who doesn't want to know.

There is no worse devil than a farmer who wants to be a gentleman.
There is no worse fruit than that which never ripens.
There is no worse joke than a true one.
There is no worse robber than a bad book.
There is no worse thief than a bad book.
There is no worse water than still water.
There is no worse water than that which sleeps.
There is none so deaf as he who will not hear.
There is not a pair of ears for every Jew.
There is not so much comfort in having children as there is sorrow in parting with them.
There is nothing better than a rich wife and a generous mother-in-law.
There is nothing certain, but the uncertain.
There is nothing hidden between Heaven and Earth.
There is nothing like deprivation to generate thanks for small mercies.
There is nothing like leather.
There is nothing lost by civility.
There is nothing more telling than wit.
There is nothing new under the sun.
There is nothing new under the sun -- and that's why there remains such a mess.
There is nothing new under the sun. Proverbs 1:8-9.
There is nothing new, but what has become antiquated.
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
There is nothing so bad but may be of some use.
There is nothing so eloquent as the rattlesnake's tail.
There is nothing so evil as the mind of a virtuous woman.
There is nothing so intolerable as a fortunate fool.
There is nothing so secret but it transpires.
There is nothing so well done but may be mended.
There is nothing to be gained by buying inferior goods.
There is one fish in the pond, and ten anglers on the bank.
There is one who kisses, and the other offers a cheek.
There is one who kisses, and the other who offers a cheek.
There is only eight years between success and failure in politics.
There is only one thing harder than looking for a dewdrop in the dew, and that is fishing for a clam in the clam chowder.
There is plenty of corn in Castile, but he who has none, starves.
There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel.
There is reason in the roasting of eggs.
There is some distance between Peter and Peter.
There is something in the misfortune of our best friends which does not displease us.
There is something rotten in the state of Denmark.
There is sunshine after every rainfall.
There is truth in wine.
There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
There isn't a free meal.
There isn't a rainy season without mosquitos.
There isn't a sword that would cut off a golden hand.
There lies a lion in every heart.
There may be deep bottoms in still waters.
There may be snow on the roof, but there's fire in the belly.

There never came ill of good advisement.
There never was a five-pound note but there was a ten-pound road for it.
There never was a looking-glass that told a woman she was ugly.
There never was a scabby sheep in a flock that didn't like to have a comrade.
There never was an old slipper but there was an old stocking to match it.
There often lies falsehood beneath a pretty skin.
There once was a good mother-in-law but the wolf gobbled her up.
There the hedge is lowest, men leap over.
There used to be a wick lamp and a candle - now there exists . (In the sense that Vladimir Ilyich Lenin brought electricity to the Soviet countryside.).
There was — there wasn't.
There was a time they loved an accordionist, and now the time has come where they love a tractor driver.
There was already twenty in the family, so my grandmother had a baby.
There was anguish before there was man.
There were never fewer nobles than when all would be so.
There were once three brothers: a lie, theft and the gallows.
There will always be splatter when mortar is spread.
There will be a day for the oppressor when he will be crushed like garlic.
There will be bumps on the smoothest roads.
There will be no bread from that flour.
There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
There will be trouble if the cobbler starts making pies.
There will not be two deaths, but one is inevitable.
There will surely be some noise, when two madmen come together.
There would be no ill word if it were not ill taken.
There wouldn't be such a thing as counterfeit gold if there were no real gold somewhere.
There'll be a holiday in our street too.
There's a black sheep in every flock.
There's a crocodile in every big river.
There's a limit to every act of mischief.
There's a long way from saying to doing.
There's a method in his madness.
There's a piece of truth in every piece of gossip.
There's a pinch of the madman in every great man.
There's a remedy for everything but death.
There's a remedy to everything but death.
There's always a calm before a storm.
There's cunning in a pointed chin.
There's danger in delay.
There's death in the pot.
There's is no use crying when the crap is already in your pants.
There's many a good rooster come out of a tattered bag.
There's many a good man to be found under a shabby hat.
There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
There's many a knave concealed under a surplice.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
There's many a slip 'twixt cut and lip.
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
There's money in muck.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
There's more voices than nuts.
There's neither rhyme nor reason.
There's no accounting for taste.
There's no accounting for tastes.
There's no advice like father's -- even if you don't take it.
There's no arguing with the barrel of a gun.
There's no argument like that of the stick.
There's no bad without the good.
There's no bread without a hoe! (Similar to 'Only hard work pays off.').
There's no bread without hoe! (You cannot make omelets without eggs. Similar to 'Only hard work pays off.').
There's no catching trout with dry breeches.
There's no catching trouts with dry breeches.

There's no compassion like the penny.
There's no disputing about tastes.

These are Proverb Examples from around the world, some have been translated from their original language to english.


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