English Proverb Quotes

Sayings of British Origin
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“Still waters run deep.”
Silence
“Foul water will quench fire.”
Necessity
“A stumble may prevent a fall.”
Adversity
“'Tis money that begets money.”
Investments
“A burnt child dreads the fire.”
Experience
“Don't halt before you are lame.”
Perseverance
“Two wrongs do not make a right.”
Wrong
“Gray hairs are death's blossoms.”
Hair
“Use soft words and hard arguments.”
Argument
“A good beginning makes a good end.”
Beginning
“He that seeks trouble never misses.”
Delinquency
“Many a true word is spoken in jest.”
Jest
“A young man idle, an old man needy.”
Laziness
“Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.”
Virtue
“It takes all sorts to make a world.”
Variety
“A small family is soon provided for.”
Family
“A full cup must be carried steadily.”
Prosperity
“The mob has many heads but no brains.”
Mobs
“A proverb is the child of experience.”
Proverbs
“An idle brain is the devil's workshop.”
Idleness
“Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.”
Kindness
“Death always comes too early or too late.”
Death and Dying
“A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.”
Heroes and Heroism
“A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.”
Adversity
“As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.”
Action
“The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.”
Age and Aging
“Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods.”
Cheating