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This resource includes the best-known proverbs in the English language from around the world with quotations that provide a history of each proverb. Discover the story behind "Never say never," "It takes one to know one," and "Once bitten, twice shy."
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nature: Nature abhors a vacuum

near: Near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock

near: Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin

nearer: The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat

nearer: The nearer the church, the farther from God

necessity: Necessity is the mother of invention

necessity: Necessity knows no law

needles: Needles and pins, needles and pins, when a man marries, his trouble begins

needs: Needs must when the Devil drives

neighbour: What a neighbour gets is not lost

net: In vain the net is spread in the sight of the bird

nettle: If you gently touch a nettle it'll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an' as soft as silk remains

never: It is never too late to learn

never: It is never too late to mend

never: Never is a long time

never: Never say never

never: Never too old to learn

new: New brooms sweep clean

new: New lords, new laws

new: There is always something new out of Africa

new: What is new cannot be true

new: You can't put new wine in old bottles

night: Night brings counsel

nine: Nine tailors make a man

no: No cross, no crown

no: No cure, no pay

no: No foot, no horse

no: No man can serve two masters

no: No man is a hero to his valet

no: No moon, no man

no: No names, no pack-drill

no: No news is good news

no: No pain, no gain

no: No penny, no paternoster

nod: A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse

north: North wind doth blow, we shall have snow

nothing: Nothing comes of nothing

nothing: Nothing for nothing

nothing: Nothing is certain but death and taxes

nothing: Nothing is certain but the unforeseen

nothing: Nothing is for ever

nothing: Nothing should be done in haste but gripping a flea

nothing: Nothing so bad but it might have been worse

nothing: Nothing so bold as a blind mare

nothing: Nothing succeeds like success

nothing: Nothing venture, nothing gain

nothing: Nothing venture, nothing have

nothing: There is nothing new under the sun

nothing: There is nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse

nowt: There's nowt so queer as folk

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