Proverbs on LanGeek

LanGeek hosts the largest online collection of categorized proverbs, totaling over 1,400 English proverbs. Within this extensive library, you’ll find a wealth of timeless wisdom and practical guidance. Here’s what makes it special:

1. Comprehensive Coverage:
   • Our collection includes all the essential English proverbs, excluding idioms and collocations.
   • Each proverb is thoughtfully categorized for easy exploration.
2. Rich Details:
   • Dive deeper into each proverb with additional information:
     • Example sentences
     • Descriptions that reveal historical context and usage nuances

Explore the 14 Categories:

1. Notions & Feelings: This category includes proverbs that express various emotions and abstract ideas, covering a wide range of human experiences and sentiments.
2. Knowledge & Wisdom: These proverbs convey insights and lessons learned over time, offering valuable reflections on understanding and intelligence.
3. Situations & States: In this category, you’ll find proverbs describing different conditions, circumstances, and states of being encountered in everyday life.
4. Qualities: Proverbs in this category highlight specific traits and characteristics, illustrating various aspects of human nature.
5. Outcome & Impact: This category contains proverbs focusing on the results and consequences of actions and decisions, emphasizing the effects they bring about.
6. Perseverance: Here, you’ll find proverbs that celebrate determination and resilience, encouraging steadfastness in the face of challenges.
7. Wealth & Success: Proverbs in this category address themes of prosperity, achievement, and financial stability, reflecting on paths to success.
8. Society, Law, & Politics: This category includes proverbs that discuss social norms, legal principles, and political wisdom, offering perspectives on societal functioning.
9. Behavior, Attitude, & Approach: In this category, proverbs focus on how one conducts themselves, their attitudes, and their approaches to various situations in life.
10. Social Interaction: This category features proverbs that describe the dynamics of social interactions and relationships, providing insights into effective communication and connection.
11. Human Relationships: Here, you’ll find proverbs that explore various types of human relationships, from familial bonds to friendships and romantic connections.
12. Human Traits & Qualities: Proverbs in this category focus on a range of human characteristics, reflecting on virtues, flaws, and everything in between.
13. Virtue & Vice: This category contains proverbs that discuss moral principles, highlighting ethical behavior and the consequences of immoral actions.
14. Daily Life: In this category, you’ll find proverbs that provide practical wisdom and advice for managing everyday activities and routines.

What do we consider a proverb?

Proverbs are concise expressions conveying universal truths or advice through vivid imagery and metaphorical language. Unlike idioms, which have figurative meanings diverging from literal interpretations, proverbs offer straightforward wisdom.

Idioms, on the other hand, are expressions whose meanings can’t be inferred from individual words. They often require cultural context for full understanding.

Collocations are word combinations that naturally occur together, enhancing fluency without carrying deeper meanings like proverbs.