English Language

"All the wealth I had ran in my veins; I was a gentleman. (William Shakespeare)"

"Go West, young man, go West! (John Soule)"

"Wade not in unknown waters."

"Still water runs deep."

"What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive."

"Set a herring to catch a whale. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1134)"

"There are only two kinds of women, the plain and the coloured."

"Walk softly, carry a big stick."

"Learn to walk before you run."

"Walk the talk. (Manser, 2007)"

"Wait and see. (Herbert Asquith)"

"Hitch your wagon to a star. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)"

"Don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk."

"War is too important to be left to the generals."

"Where vice goes before, vengeance follows after."

"The vicar of Bray will be vicar of Bray. (Manser, 2007 p. 286)"

"It takes a village to raise a child."

"Let every vat stand upon its own bottom. (William Bullein)"

"Variety is the soul of pleasure. (Aphra Behn)"

"Empty vessels make the most sound."

"Virtue which parleys is near a surrender."

"Willful waste makes woeful want."

"Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife."

"Many hands make light work. (Speak, 2009)"

"Truth seeks no corners."

"Truth may be blamed, but it shall never be shamed."

"Don't try to be someone you're not."

"Truth is stranger than fiction."

"The truth shall set you free, or The truth will set you free."

"Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense. (Henry St. John)"

"You never know what you can do until you try."

"My house is my castle. (Edward Coke)"

"All things are soon prepared in a well ordered house."

"Divers Proverbs, Nathan Bailey, 1721 p.b72"

"Hospitality: the virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging. (Ambrose Bierce)"

"Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse."

"If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die."

"A half truth is a whole lie."

"People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

"Admiration is the daughter of ignorance."

"Ignorance is bliss."

"The ignorant always adore what they cannot understand."

"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."

"Imitation is the highest form of flattery."

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results."

"Don't have too many irons in the fire. (16th century) (Citatboken)"

"Iron sharpens iron. (Whiting, 1997 p. 235)"

"It is always good when a man has two irons in the fire. (Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)"

"Strike while the iron is hot. or Make hay while the sun shines."

"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink."