English Proverb Quotes

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Boys will be boys.

Danger and delight grow on one stalk.

A Scotch mist may wet an Englishman to the skin.

The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat.

Desperate diseases require desperate remedies.

Despair doubles our strength.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Two's a company three's a crowd.

Children should be seen and not heard.

When they came to shoe the horses the beetle stretched out his leg.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on Neptune.

One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls.

As you make your bed you must lie in it.

It's a bad bargain where nobody gains.

It takes two to make a bargain.

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

The absent are always wrong.

Everyone must row with the oars he has.

Death is a shadow that always follows the body

A smooth sea never made a skilled marine.

You may lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

We are usually the best men when in the worst health.

One crow will not pick out another crow's eyes.

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A lawyer's opinion is worth nothing unless paid for.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

You can't get blood out of a turnip.

Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox.

He that lives in a glass house must not throw stones.

Fools build houses and wise men buy them.

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.

Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

He that has no charity deserves no mercy.

Haste makes waste.

As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

God gives the milk but not the pail.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It is easier to catch flies with honey than with vinegar.

There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

All is fair in love and war.