Proverbs By Language

"No man can justly censure or condemn another, because indeed no man truly knows another. (Sir Thomas Browne)"

"When the cat is away, the mice will play. (16th century) (Citatboken)"

"The more you stroke the cat's tail, the more he raises his back. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1184)"

"There's more than one way to skin a cat."

"All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet."

"A cat may look at a king."

"Paddle your own canoe."

"He that is worst may still hold the candle."

"Don't burn the candle at both ends."

"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."

"You can't have your cake and eat it too."

"If you buy quality, you only cry once."

"If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly."

"Buy cheap, sell dearǃ (Thomas Lodge)"

"The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. (Ambrose Bierce)"

"Mind your own business."

"Everyone's business is no one's business."

"Business is business."

"To burn the candle at both ends. (1678)"

"A bully is always a coward."

"You can't milk a bull."

"The younger brother the better gentleman."

"A new broome sweepeth cleane."

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

"A broken watch is right two times a day."

"Don't cross a bridge before you come to it."

"Half a loaf is better than no bread."

"Fortune favors the brave."

"None but the brave deserve the fair."

"Much bran and little meal."

"Better bow than break."

"The boughs that bear most hang lowest."

"Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen. (Ambrose Bierce)"

"Don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his boots."

"To be all in the same boat. (16th century)"

"A rising tide lifts all boats."

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. (Francis Bacon)"

"No book was so bad, but some good might be got out of it."

"Like author, like book. (John Ray)"

"Fear the man of one book. (Strauss 1994, p. 851)"

"Classic, a book which people praise and don't read. (Mark Twain)"

"Books think for me. (Charles Lamb)"

"Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books. (Francis Bacon)"

"A great book is a great evil."

"A book is a friend."

"Good blood always shows itself."

"Don't bite the hand that feeds you."

"Don't bite off more than you can chew."

"Don't bark if you can't bite."

"It is the early bird that gets the worm."