English Proverbs · Alphabetical Index

Proverbs Beginning with H

125 entries beginning with the letter H.

H — Proverbs and Sayings

125 total
1
Habit cures habit.
habit
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2
Habit is second nature.
habit
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3
Half a loaf is better than no bread
thankful
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4
Handsome is as handsome does.
value
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5
Handsome is what handsome does.
behaviour
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6
Hang a thief when he is young, and he he 'll no' steal when he is old
wrongdoing
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7
Happiness takes no account of time.
happiness
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8
Happy is he that is happy in his children.
happiness
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9
Hard cases make bad law
law
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10
Hard words break no bones.
words
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11
Hares may pull dead lions by the beard.
power
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12
Harm hatch, harm catch.
harm
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13
Haste is from the devil
haste
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14
Haste makes waste.
haste
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15
Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
haste
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16
Hate not at the first harm.
hate
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17
Hatred is blind, as well as love.
hatred
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18
Have an old head on young shoulders.
wisdom
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19
Have eyes in the back of one's head
smart
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20
Hawks will not pick hawks’ eyes.
crook
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21
He can who believes he can.
confidence
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22
He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue.
talking
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23
He carries fire in one hand and water in the other.
deceive
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24
He dances well to whom fortune pipes.
success
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25
He gives twice who gives in a trice.
help
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26
He goes long barefoot that waits for dead man’s shoes.
wait
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27
He is a fool that forgets himself.
fool
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28
He is happy that thinks himself so.
happiness
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29
He is lifeless that is faultless.
mistake
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30
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
mock
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31
He is not poor the man who has little, but he who desires more.
poor
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32
He knows best what good is that has endured evil.
good
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33
He knows how many beans make five.
sensibility
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34
He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue.
knowledge
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35
He laughs best who laughs last.
success
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36
He lives long that lives well.
life
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37
He lives long who lives well
life
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38
He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil.
caution
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39
He that cannot obey, cannot command.
rule
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40
He that cannot pay, let him pray.
money
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41
He that comes first to the hill may sit where he will.
advantage
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42
He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still
opinion
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43
He that does you an ill turn will never forgive you.
guilt
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44
He that drinks beer, thinks beer
mind
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45
He that fears every bush must never go a-birding.
fear
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46
He that fears you present will hate you absent.
fear
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47
He that follows freits, freits will follow him.
omen
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48
He that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing.
debt
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49
He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns.
consequences
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50
He that has a full purse never lacked a friend
friendship
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51
He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.
defect
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52
He that has an ill name is half hanged.
reputation
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53
He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.
luck
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54
He that is full of himself is very empty.
boast
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55
He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody.
bad
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56
He that is master of himself, will soon be master of masters
discipline
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57
He that is warm thinks all so.
selfish
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58
He that knows nothing doubts nothing.
ignorance
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59
He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas.
reputation
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60
He that lives in hope, dances to an ill tune.
hope
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