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• Idle people never have any leisure.
• If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
• If each would sweep before his own door, we should have a clean city.
• If 'ifs' and 'ans' were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers!
• If it were not for hope, the heart would break.
• If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow.
• If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
• If the cap fits, wear it.
• If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.
• If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind.
• If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
• If you cannot bite, never show your teeth.
• If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
• If you sing before breakfast, you will cry before night.
• If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.
• In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
• It is a foolish bird that soils its own nest.
• It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.
• It's a long lane that has no turning.
• It's a sad heart that never rejoices.
• It is better to give than to take.
• It is easier to pull down than to build.
• It is easy to be wise after the event.
• It is love that makes the world go round.
• It is never too late to mend.
• It is no use crying over spilt milk.
• It is too late to lock the stable when the horse has been stolen.
• It is useless to flog a dead horse.
• It never rains but it pours.
• It takes two to make a quarrel.
• A Jack of all trades is master of none.
• Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday -- but never jam today.
• Keep something for a rainy day.
• Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Try the Quiz : Proverbs for Kids : English Proverbs I-K