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English Proverbs

A danger foreseen is half avoided.

Strike while the iron is hot.

He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

With all your knowledge, know thyself.

One does harm, and another bears the blame.

When everyone takes care of himself, care is taken of all

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

Better to be safe than sorry.

Praise the sea but keep on land.

My mind to me is a kingdom.

Nature is the true law.

One eyewitness is better than ten earwitnesses.

A good example is the best sermon.

Some are very busy and yet do nothing.

First come, first served.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Half the world does not know how the other half lives.

He that is warm thinks all are so.

There is no time like the present.

There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.

Success makes a fool seem wise.

Everything has its time.

Skill and confidence form an unconquered army.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.

You may find your best friend or your worst enemy in yourself.

Two wrongs do not make a right.

A change is as good as a rest.

If he deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

An artist lives everywhere.

Better to say nothing, than to say something not to the purpose.

What “they say” is half lies.

In a calm sea, every man is a pilot.

Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

A full cup must be carried steadily.

He helps little that helps not himself.

Do not triumph before the victory.

Advice is least heeded when most needed.

Discretion in speech is more important than eloquence.

Poverty is no vice, but an inconvenience.

Actions speak louder than words.

Haste makes waste.

You never miss the water till the well runs dry.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest.

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

Cursing the weather is never good farming.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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England is located on the island of Great Britain, and has a population of about 50 million people. The country has been a major force in world politics, economy, and culture for many centuries.

Celtic-speaking people lived in Great Britain in early times, and it later became part of the Roman Empire by the 50s BC. As the Roman Empire weakened in the 400s AD, England was invaded by Germanic and Nordic tribes such as the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, who settled in and established kingdoms. Vikings also came to England in the 800s

In the mid 1000s, a French nobleman named William (Duke of Normandy) led a French-speaking group called the Normans, and conquered England. Over the years, the people and cultures of the Anglo-Saxons and Normans blended together, which resulted in the development of the modern English language.

In 1707, England united with other parts of the British island to form what later became known as the United Kingdom. At the same time, the British Industrial Revolution propelled Britain into the world’s richest country, and the country also began gaining control of many other territories throughout the world.

Britain later became part of the winning sides in World Wars I & II (ending in 1918 and 1945, respectively), but suffered severe post-war economic depressions. Their colonial empire also weakened immensely, and by the 1950s, Britain had lost most of its vast number of worldwide colonies.

In the 1960s, the British economy began to improve. In the 1970s, Margaret Thatcher became the first ever woman prime minister of Britain. England’s current prime minister is Tony Blair. Almost all English people today live in urban areas.

English themes include gardening, literature (noted for such writers as Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dickens, and William Shakespeare), visiting the neighborhood pub (public house), tabloids, newspapers, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), soccer, cricket, rugby, music (including folk songs, as well as rock groups such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones), concerts, ballet, dancing, movies, plays, sculptures, paintings, potatoes, barley, beer, Christianity, longstanding universities, textiles, aerospace manufacturing, and chemical production.

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