English 15th Century Proverbs Prove Quotations

Hear all, see all, say nowt, tak'all, keep all, gie not, and if tha ever does owt for nowt do it for thysen.

He that has an ill name is half hanged.

Near is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock.

The voice of the people is the voice of God.

No one should be judge in his own cause.

A prophet is not without honour save in his own country.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it.

If the sky falls we shall catch larks.

While two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it.

You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Do unto others as you would they should do unto you.

Don't throw out your dirty water until you get in fresh.

Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood.