Section: «Proverbs»
A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) or an adage is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and are an example of formulaic language. A proverbial phrase or a proverbial expression is a type of a conventional saying similar to proverbs and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context. Collectively, they form a genre of folklore.
Faults are thick where love is thin
Fasting comes after feasting
Far from eye, far from heart
Familiarity breeds contempt
False friends are worse than open enemies
Fair words break no bones
Fair without, foul (false) within
Faint heart never won fair lady
Facts are stubborn things
Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other
Experience is the mother of wisdom
Evil communications corrupt good manners
Everything is good in its season
Everything comes to him who waits
Everybody's business is nobody's business
Every why has a wherefore
Every white has its black, and every sweet its sour
Every tub must stand on its own bottom
Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads
Every mother thinks her own gosling a swan
Every miller draws water to his own mill
Every man is the architect of his own fortunes
