No barber shaves so close but another finds his work.
—English Proverb
Topics: Perfection
It is not the suffering but the cause which makes a martyr.
—English Proverb
Who is so deaf or so blind as he that willfully will neither hear nor see?
—English Proverb
The difference is wide that sheets will not decide.
—English Proverb
Topics: Decisions
Children are poor men’s riches.
—English Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Children
The face is no index to the heart.
—English Proverb
Topics: Heart
The mob has many heads but no brains.
—English Proverb
Topics: Tyranny
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
—English Proverb
Innocent actions carry their warrant with them.
—English Proverb
Topics: Action
Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
—English Proverb
Topics: Sleep, Proverbs
Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it.
—English Proverb
Topics: Advice
Gray hairs are death’s blossoms.
—English Proverb
Topics: Vanity, Hair
Don’t fall before you’re pushed.
—English Proverb
Topics: Proverbs
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
—English Proverb
Topics: Debt
An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.
—English Proverb
Topics: Idleness, Laziness
Don’t do all you can, spend all you have, believe all you hear, or tell all you know.
—English Proverb
When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away.
—English Proverb
Topics: Revolution
Sail! quoth the king; Hold! saith the wind.
—English Proverb
Topics: Nature
You must not expect old heads upon young shoulders.
—English Proverb
Topics: Parenting, Parents, Expectations
Short counsel is good counsel.
—English Proverb
A proverb is the child of experience.
—English Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Proverbial Wisdom
Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
—English Proverb
Topics: Time Management
Time is the soul of business.
—English Proverb
Topics: Time, Business, Time Management
You may lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.
—English Proverb
Topics: Horses
Learning makes a man fit company for himself as well as for others.
—English Proverb
Topics: Learning
In a cat’s eye, all things belong to cats.
—English Proverb
Topics: Cats
Poor men seek meat for their stomachs, rich men stomachs for their meat.
—English Proverb
Topics: Wealth
We are usually the best men when in the worst health.
—English Proverb
Topics: Health
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
—English Proverb
Topics: Friendship
He is lifeless that is faultless.
—English Proverb
Topics: Perfection
Death always comes too early or too late.
—English Proverb
Topics: Death, Dying
You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself.
—English Proverb
Topics: Enemies
Foul water will quench fire.
—English Proverb
Topics: Necessity
Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold.
—English Proverb
Topics: Revenge, Proverbs, Vengeance
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
—English Proverb
Topics: Humankind, Action
Envy shoots at others and wounds itself.
—English Proverb
Topics: Jealousy, Proverbs, Envy
Let your purse be your master.
—English Proverb
The absent are always in the wrong
—English Proverb
Topics: Absence, Proverbs
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.
—English Proverb
Topics: Knowledge
Death is a shadow that always follows the body.
—English Proverb
Topics: Dying, Nature, Death, The Body