Proverbs By Language

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

"So pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag. And smile, smile, smile. (George Asaf)"

"Never trouble trouble 'til trouble troubles you."

"He that waits on another man's trencher, makes many a late dinner."

"There is no tree but bears some fruit. (Mawr, 1885 p. 131)"

"The apple never falls far from the tree."

"People only throw stones at trees with fruit on them."

"A good name is the best of all treasures. (Strauss, 1998 p. 20)"

"Jack of all trades and master of none."

"Do not play with edged tools. (Strauss, 1994 p. 716)"

"A bad workman blames his tools."

"A still tongue makes a wise head."

"Tomorrow is another day."

"Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today."

"Avoid the pleasure which will bite tomorrow."

"To choose time is to save time. (Francis Bacon)"

"There is nothing more precious than time and nothing more prodigally wasted. (Strauss 1994, p. 722)"

"There is no time like the present. (18th century) (Citatboken)"

"Time is precious. (Paczolay, 1997 p. 428)"

"Time himself is bald. (William Shakespeare)"

"Time flies when you're having fun."

"Time flies."

"Time and tide wait for no man."

"Procrastination is the thief of time."

"Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians."

"Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down."

"Thought is freeǃ (William Shakespeare)"

"Second thoughts are the best."

"First thoughts are best."

"Think before you speak."

"Things done cannot be undone. (1546)"

"The worth of a thing is what it will bring."

"If you want a thing well done, do it yourself. (1616)"

"Set a thief to catch a thief."

"Once a thief always a thief. (Strauss, 1994 p. 771)"

"Without temptation there is no victory."

"It takes two to tango. (Oshry, 1996 p. 59)"

"He that talks to himself, speaks to a fool. (1721)"

"He that talketh what he knoweth, will also talk what he knoweth not. (Francis Bacon)"

"Take things as you find them. (Strauss 1994, p. 722)"

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Live by the sword, die by the sword."

"A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword."

"Good swimmers are often drowned. (Strauss, 1994 p. 879)"

"One swallow does not make a summer."

"Suspicions amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they ever fly by twilight. (Francis Bacon)"

"A good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand."

"There is a superstition in avoiding superstition. (Francis Bacon)"

"Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. (Joseph Addison)"

"There is nothing new under the sun."