Inspirational Quotations

English Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes

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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