English Proverb Quotations

Venture a small fish to catch a great one

The only way to be sure of not losing a child is not having any

Make not the sauce till you have caught the fish.

Let every man praise the bridge that carries him over

Love thy neighbor, yet pull not down thy hedge

May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. English Proverb

Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking. English Proverb

Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat. English Proverb

If thou canst not see the bottom, wade not

He who plants trees loves others beside himself

Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs

Whom we love best, to them we can say least

What can be done at any time is never done at all

Every cock will crow upon his own dunghill. -mid 13th; 1st century AD in Latin

Don't drown the man who taught you to swim.

Craftiness must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked

The unwise man and the forweaned (spoiled) child have but one law

A man is as old as he feels himself to be

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world

A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass

Everyone must row with the oars he has

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst

He that hath many irons in the fire, some of them will cool

He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns

All be the same in a hundred years

The cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet. -early 13th

A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion's claw

All temptations are found either in hope or fear

The Devil makes his Christmas pie of lawyers' tongues