Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.
—English Proverb
Topics: Advice
A good lawyer makes a bad neighbor.
—English Proverb
Topics: Golf, Baseball
He that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well.
—English Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Food, Eating
Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.
—English Proverb
Topics: Children, Society
The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.
—English Proverb
Topics: Age
We are usually the best men when in the worst health.
—English Proverb
Topics: Health
A fault confessed is half redressed.
—English Proverb
Children are poor men’s riches.
—English Proverb
Topics: Children, Proverbs
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
—English Proverb
Absence is a shrew.
—English Proverb
Topics: Absence
Sail! quoth the king; Hold! saith the wind.
—English Proverb
Topics: Nature
The best throw of the dice is to throw them away.
—English Proverb
Topics: One liners, Gambling
Time is the soul of business.
—English Proverb
Topics: Business, Time Management, Time
A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands.
—English Proverb
Topics: Poverty, Beauty, The Poor
Take heed you do not find what you do not seek.
—English Proverb
Topics: Goals
Revenge is a dish that should be eaten cold.
—English Proverb
Topics: Revenge
The mob has many heads but no brains.
—English Proverb
Topics: Tyranny
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
—English Proverb
Topics: Miscellaneous, Ability, Difficulties, Now, Adversity
Appearances can be deceiving.
—English Proverb
Topics: Appearance
Foul water will quench fire.
—English Proverb
Topics: Necessity
You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself.
—English Proverb
Topics: Enemies
You may lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.
—English Proverb
Topics: Horses
Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
—English Proverb
Topics: Identity, Names
Elbow grease is the best polish.
—English Proverb
Topics: Work
If you dam a river it stagnates. Running water is beautiful water.
—English Proverb
Topics: Secrets of Success
The devil dances in empty pockets.
—English Proverb
Topics: Dance
Envy shoots at others and wounds itself.
—English Proverb
Topics: Jealousy, Proverbs, Envy
Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.
—English Proverb
A proverb is the child of experience.
—English Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Proverbial Wisdom
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
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