Quotes by Proverb, English

"The ship that will not obey the helm will have to obey the rocks."

Proverb, English on obedience   

"Who is so deaf or so blind as he that willfully will neither hear nor see?"

Proverb, English on obstinacy   

"Some men go through a forest and see no firewood."

Proverb, English on opportunity   

"You must not expect old heads upon young shoulders."

Proverb, English on parents and parenting
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"No barber shaves so close but another finds his work."

Proverb, English on perfection   

"Don't halt before you are lame."

Proverb, English on perseverance   

"Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is."

Proverb, English on poverty and the poor   

"Ask God for what man can give, and you may get it."

Proverb, English on prayer   

"A full cup must be carried steadily."

Proverb, English on prosperity   

"A proverb is the child of experience."

Proverb, English on proverbs   

"When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away."

Proverb, English on rebellion
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"Still waters run deep."

Proverb, English on silence
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"Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool."

Proverb, English on sleep   

"A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands."

Proverb, English on beauty   

"A good beginning makes a good end."

Proverb, English on beginning   

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

Proverb, English on blindness   

"Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods."

Proverb, English on cheating   

"To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming."

Proverb, English on talkativeness
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"There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one."

Proverb, English on time   

"Time is the soul of business."

Proverb, English on time   

"It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody."

Proverb, English on trust
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"It takes all sorts to make a world."

Proverb, English on variety   

"Sell not virtue to purchase wealth."

Proverb, English on virtue   

"Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short."

Proverb, English on widowhood   

"Where there's a will, there's a way."

Proverb, English on power   

"Two wrongs do not make a right."

Proverb, English on wrong   

"If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing."

Proverb, English on action   

"As you make your bed, so you must lie in it."

Proverb, English on action   

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"Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old."

Proverb, English on children   

"Better a snotty child than his nose wiped off."

Proverb, English on children   

"While the doctors consult, the patient dies."

Proverb, English on consultants