English Proverbs · Alphabetical Index

Proverbs Beginning with C

50 entries beginning with the letter C.

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C — Proverbs and Sayings

50 total

Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

Calamity is man’s true touchstone.

Call no man happy untill he dies

Care is no cure

Catch as catch can

Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance

Catch the bear before you sell its skin.

Catching is before hunging.

Caution is the parent of safety.

Charity begins at home.

Cheapest is the dearest (=most expencive).

Cheaters never prosper

Cheek brings success.

Child is father of the man

Children and fools must not play with edged tools.

Children are certain cares but uncertain comforts

Children are poor men’s riches.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Circumstances alter cases.

Civility costs nothing

Claw me, and I will claw you.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Clogs to clogs in three generations

Clothes do not make the man.

Come live with me and you'l know me

Coming events cast their sahdows before

Common fame is seldom to blame

Company in distress makes trouble less.

Comparisons are odious

Confess ang be hanged

Confession is the first step to repentance.

Conscience gets a lot of credit that belongs to cold feet.

Conscience makes cowards of us all

Constant dropping wears away a stone

Constant occupation prevents temptation.

Counsel is no command.

Courtesy is contagious

Creditors have better memory than debtors.

Crime doesn't pay

Cross the bridge when you come to it

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Crosses are ladders that lead to heaven

Crows do not pick crow’s eyes.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Custom is a second nature.

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.

Cut off your nose to spite your face

Cut your coat according to your cloth.

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