Proverbs By Language

"We are as near to heaven by sea as by land! (Humphrey Gilbert)"

"The heart sees farther than the head."

"A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools."

"Health is wealth."

"Health is better than wealth. (16th century)"

"Who falls short in the head must be long in the heels."

"When the head is sick, the whole body is sick. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1117)"

"We should not expect to find old heads on young shoulders. (Strauss, 1994 p. 77)"

"Two heads are better than one.'"

"He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun. (Ward, 1842 p. 54)"

"He that can have patience can have what he will. (Strauss, 1994 p. 87)"

"Hawks will not pick out Hawk's eyes."

"Make haste slowly."

"You must not run after two hares at the same time."

"Drumming is not the way to catch a hare. (Strauss, 1994 p. 753)"

"Hard words break no bones. (Strauss, 1998 p. 17)"

"Handsome is that handsome does. (1670) (Strauss, 1994 p. 879)"

"One hand washes the other."

"Never let the right hand know what the left hand is doing."

"Never do things by halves."

"Fretting cares make grey hairs. (Strauss, 1994 p. 631"

"When one door closes, another door opens. or God never closes one door without opening another."

"Habit is a great deadener. (Samuel Beckett)"

"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts."

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

"Great minds agree. (Strauss, 1994 p. 882)"

"Great events cast their shadows before them."

"Grasp all, lose all. (Strauss, 1994 p. 884)"

"The grass is always greener on the other side."

"That government is best which governs least."

"Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you."

"Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously."

"What's good for the goose is good for the gander."

"Goose, gander and gosling are three sounds but one thing. (Strauss, 1994 p. 104)"

"Every man thinks his own geese swans."

"Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs."

"The best goods are cheapest in the end. (Kelly, 1859 p, 95)"

"Rich men seem happy, great and wise, all which the good man only is."

"Only the good die young."

"If you can't be good, be careful."

"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

"Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening."

"All good things must come to an end."

"All that glisters is not gold. or All that glitters is not gold."

"Whom God will destroy, he first make mad. (Strauss 1994, p. 841)"

"God's a good man. (William Shakespeare)"

"God works in mysterious ways."

"God sends fortune to fools. (1546)"

"God is on the side of the strongest battalions. (Kin 1955, p. 255)"

"God is, and all is well."