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English Proverb
Death is a shadow that always follows the body. (death and dying)
Never step over one duty to perform another. (duty)
Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods. (cheating)
The difference is wide that sheets will not decide. (decisions)
He that seeks trouble never misses. (delinquency)
Death always comes too early or too late. (death and dying)
While the doctors consult, the patient dies. (consultants)
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. (debt)
If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree. (happiness)
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. (gentlemen)
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them. (fools and foolishnes)
He is a fool that kisseth the maid when he may kiss the mistress. (fools and foolishnes)
Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. (friends and friendsh)
A small family is soon provided for. (family)
The best throw of the dice is to throw them away. (gambling)
We are usually the best men when in the worst health. (health)
A burnt child dreads the fire. (experience)
Take heed you do not find what you do not seek. (goals)
He that plants trees loves others besides himself. (love)
Many a true word is spoken in jest. (jest)
A young man idle, an old man needy. (laziness)
The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. (husbands)
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. (hope)
Learning makes a man fit company for himself as well as for others. (learning)
Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind. (kindness)
He that would the daughter win must with the mother first begin. (mothers)
No barber shaves so close but another finds his work. (perfection)
Ask God for what man can give, and you may get it. (prayer)
Who is so deaf or so blind as he that willfully will neither hear nor see? (obstinacy)
A full cup must be carried steadily. (prosperity)
The ship that will not obey the helm will have to obey the rocks. (obedience)
Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge. (neighbors)
Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is. (poverty and the poor)
Some men go through a forest and see no firewood. (opportunity)
The mob has many heads but no brains. (mobs)
Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me. (names)
You must not expect old heads upon young shoulders. (parents and parentin)
Foul water will quench fire. (necessity)
When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away. (rebellion)
Still waters run deep. (silence)
A proverb is the child of experience. (proverbs)
There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one. (time and time manage)
Time is the soul of business. (time and time manage)
To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming. (talkativeness)
Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool. (sleep)
It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. (trust)
A good beginning makes a good end. (beginning)
The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune. (age and aging)
The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them. (fallibility)
A hero is a man who is afraid to run away. (heroes and heroism)
Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance. (appearance)
Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. (children)
If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing. (action)
A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands. (beauty)
A stumble may prevent a fall. (adversity)
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. (action)
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. (adversity)
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. (blindness)
Better a snotty child than his nose wiped off. (children)
Use soft words and hard arguments. (argument)
Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short. (widowhood)
It takes all sorts to make a world. (variety)
Two wrongs do not make a right. (wrong)
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth. (virtue)
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