English Proverb Part I

1. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 
2. A bad corn promise is better than a good lawsuit.  
3. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.  
4. A bargain is a bargain. 
5. A beggar can never be bankrupt. 
6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 
7. A bird may be known by its song. 
8. A black hen lays a white egg.  
9. A blind leader of the blind.  
10. A blind man would be glad to see. 
11. A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound. 
12. A burden of one's own choice is not felt. 
13. A burnt child dreads the fire.  
14. A cat in gloves catches no mice.  
15. A city that parleys is half gotten. 
16. A civil denial is better than a rude grant. 
17. A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast. 
18. A clean hand wants no washing.  
19. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.  
20. A close mouth catches no flies. 
21. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill. 
22. A cracked bell can never sound well. 
23. A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.  
24. A curst cow has short horns. 
25. A danger foreseen is half avoided.  
26. A drop in the bucket. 
27. A drowning man will catch at a straw.  
28. A fair face may hide a foul heart. 
29. A fault confessed is half redressed.  
30. A fly in the ointment. 
31. A fool always rushes to the fore.  
32. A fool and his money are soon parted. 
33. A fool at forty is a fool indeed. 
34. A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in 
seven years.