English Proverb Quotes

Sayings of British Origin
quotes
71
topics
12
Origin
Topic
“Still waters run deep.”
VerifiedRecorded in Gyula Paczolay, European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese (1997), p. 373 · evidenceSilence
“Foul water will quench fire.”
Necessity
“A stumble may prevent a fall.”
Adversity
“'Tis money that begets money.”
Investments
“A burnt child dreads the fire.”
VerifiedRecorded in Martin H. Manser, The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs (2007), p. 33 · evidenceExperience
“Don't halt before you are lame.”
Perseverance
“Two wrongs do not make a right.”
VerifiedRecorded in Martin H. Manser, The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs (2007), p. 283 · evidenceWrong
“Gray hairs are death's blossoms.”
Hair
“Use soft words and hard arguments.”
Argument
“A good beginning makes a good end.”
Beginning
“He that seeks trouble never misses.”
Delinquency
“Many a true word is spoken in jest.”
VerifiedRecorded in Walter Keating Kelly, Proverbs of all nations (1859), p. 57 · evidenceJest
“A young man idle, an old man needy.”
Laziness
“Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.”
Virtue
“It takes all sorts to make a world.”
VerifiedRecorded in Jennifer Speake, The Oxford dictionary of proverbs (2009), p. BLANK · evidenceVariety
“A small family is soon provided for.”
Family
“A full cup must be carried steadily.”
Prosperity
“Where there's a will, there's a way.”
VerifiedRecorded in Manser, M. (2006). The Wordsworth dictionary of proverbs, Wordsworth Editions, Limited. p. 627 · evidenceWill and Will Power
“The mob has many heads but no brains.”
VerifiedRecorded in Citatboken, Bokförlaget Natur och Kultur, Stockholm, 1967, p. 189, ISBN 91-27-01681-1 · evidenceMobs
“A proverb is the child of experience.”
Proverbs
“An idle brain is the devil's workshop.”
Idleness
“Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.”
Kindness
“Death always comes too early or too late.”
Death and Dying
“A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.”
Heroes and Heroism
“A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.”
Adversity
“As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.”
VerifiedRecorded in Elizabeth Knowles, Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2006), p. 816 · evidenceAction
“The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.”
Age and Aging
“Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods.”
Cheating