Friday, 8 April 2011

Proverbs


Better be alone than in bad company. - Thomas Fuller

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. - Cervantes

A rolling stone can gather no moss. - Publilius Syrus

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. - Aesop

Necessity, the mother of invention. - George Farquhar

Prevention is better than cure. - Desiderius Erasmus

To err is human, to forgive, divine. - Alexander Pope

Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. - Miguel de Cervantes

Birds of a feather will gather together. - Robert Burton

What can't be cured must be endured. - Robert Burton

Neither cast ye your pearls before swine. - Matthew

Too much agreement kills a chat. - Eldridge Cleaver

He that is down needs fear no fall. - John Bunyan

The best way out is always through. - Robert Frost

Little strokes fell great oaks. - Benjamin Franklin

Time and tide wait for no man. - Geoffrey Chaucer

United we stand, divided we fall. - G. P. Morris

A penny saved is a penny got. - Henry Fielding

After a storm comes a calm. - Matthew Henry

Honesty’s the best policy. - Miguel de Cervantes

Every dog must have his day. - Jonathan Swift

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