English 20th Century Proverbs Quotations

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There is nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.

Two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no boy at all.

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Better a good cow than a cow of a good kind.

The rich man has his ice in the summer and the poor man gets his in the winter.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

The female of the species is more deadly than the male.

The church is an anvil which has worn out many hammers.

The good is the enemy of the best.

The going gets tough, the tough get going.

The gods send nuts to those who have no teeth.

All's for the best in the best of all possible worlds.