Proverbs By Language

"Mariana in the moated grange."

"Many a smale maketh a grate."

"Make three bites of a cherry."

"Love, and a Cough, cannot be hid."

"Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none."

"Leap out of the frying pan into the fire."

"In the name of the Prophet—figs."

"I have you on the hip."

"Honey of Hybla."

"Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles."

"Hide their diminished heads."

"Here's metal more attractive."

"He comes not in my books."

"He can give little to his servant that licks his knife."

"Harp not on that string."

"Go West, young man, and grow up with the country."

"Go West, young man! Go West."

"Go to Jericho. Let them all go to Jericho, And ne'er be seen againe."

"God save the mark!"

"Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well mended."

"Fitted him to a T."

"Fast bind, fast find; A proverb never stale in thrifty mind."

"Every why hath a wherefore."

"Every one stretcheth his legs according to his coverlet."

"Diamonds cut diamonds."

"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost!"

"But me no buts."

"Big-endians and small-endians."

"Better a bad excuse, than none at all."

"Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes."

"Barkis is willin'."

"Bag and baggage."

"A thorn in the flesh."

"A flea in his ear."

"A baker's dozen."

"You can't see the forest for the trees' mean"

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

"You always admire what you really don't understand, et al. (2007). The Book of Positive Quotations, Fairview Press."

"Work is worship."

"The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them."

"Worship the Creator not His creation."

"Women need men like a fish needs a bicycle."

"A woman is like a tea bag; you'll never know how strong she is until she's in hot water."

"The whole dignity of man lies in the power of thought."

"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. http://www.bartleby.com/66/73/25873.html"

"When the cat is away, the mice will play."

"When one door closes, another door opens."

"When a thing is done advice comes too late."

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less without that drop."