English Proverbs · Alphabetical Index

Proverbs Beginning with G

43 entries beginning with the letter G.

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G — Proverbs and Sayings

43 total

Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary.

Get a name to rise early, and you may lie all day.

Get out while the going is good.

Give a dog a bad name and hang him

Give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself.

Give a man enough rope and he’ll hang himself .

Give and take is fair play

Give credit where credit is due

Give the devil his due.

Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile.

Gluttony kills more men than the sword.

Go further and fare worse

Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark.

Go to the ends of the earth.

God helps those who help themselves.

God made the country and man made the town

God makes the back to the burden

Gold may be bought too dear

Good clothes open all doors.

Good counsel does no harm.

Good fences make good neighbours

Good health is above wealth.

Good management is better than good income.

Good masters make good servants.

Good name is better than good face.

Good wine needs no bush

Good words and no deeds.

Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds.

Gossiping and lying go hand in hand.

Grasp all, lose all.

Great barkers are no biters.

Great boast, small roast.

Great cry and little wool

Great minds think alike

Great oaks grow from small acorns.

Great spenders are bad lenders

Great talkers are great liars.

Great talkers are little doers.

Greedy folk have long arms

Grief divided is made lighter.

Grin and bear it.

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