Proverbs and old sayings, page 756

43575 proverbs and old sayings

Do as most men do and men will speak well of thee.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

Proverbs and old sayings English

He that gets forgets, but he that wants thinks on.

Proverbs and old sayings English

He that gives to a grateful man puts out to usury.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.

Proverbs and old sayings English about rightness

An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter's head.

Proverbs and old sayings English about heads

Children and fools must not play with edged tools.

Proverbs and old sayings English about tools, children

Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.

Proverbs and old sayings English about proudness, hunger

Where every man is master the world goes to wreck.

Proverbs and old sayings English about world, man

Write with the learned, but speak with the vulgar.

Proverbs and old sayings English about vulgarity

He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.

Proverbs and old sayings English about wealth, good, good luck

Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light.

Proverbs and old sayings English about knowledge, light, fire, fire brigade

Choose a wife rather by your ear than by your eye.

Proverbs and old sayings English about wife

Examine well the counsel that favours your desire.

Proverbs and old sayings English about moral

Ask God for what man can give, and you may get it.

Proverbs and old sayings English about god, man, contentment

It takes two to lie, one to lie and one to listen.

Proverbs and old sayings English about lie

Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.

Proverbs and old sayings English about contentment

Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.

Proverbs and old sayings English

He that is too proud to ask is too good to receive.

Proverbs and old sayings English about proudness, good, good luck