English Proverb
71 quotations
When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away.
Still waters run deep.
Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands.
A good beginning makes a good end.
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods.
To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming.
There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one.
Time is the soul of business.
It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.
Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Two wrongs do not make a right.
If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.
Better a snotty child than his nose wiped off.
While the doctors consult, the patient dies.