Proverbs and old sayings, page 89

43574 proverbs and old sayings

The apple does not fall/never falls far from the tree

Proverbs and old sayings British about fall, old, olderness

The best defence is a good offence

Proverbs and old sayings British about good, good luck, old, olderness

The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go awry

Proverbs and old sayings British about man, old, olderness

The boy is father to the man

Proverbs and old sayings British about man, old, olderness

The bread never falls but on its buttered side

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about old, olderness

The child is the father of the man

Proverbs and old sayings about children, man, old, olderness

The cobbler always wears the worst shoes

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

The course of true love never did run smooth

Proverbs and old sayings British about love, old, olderness

The customer is always right

Proverbs and old sayings about customers, rightness, old, olderness

The darkest hour is just before the dawn

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

The Devil finds work for idle hands to do

Proverbs and old sayings German about work, devil, old, olderness

The die is cast

Proverbs and old sayings British about death, old, olderness

The exception which proves the rule

Proverbs and old sayings British about rules, old, olderness

The good die young

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about death, good, good luck, old, olderness

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

Proverbs and old sayings British about rocks, rules, world, old, olderness

The husband is always the last to know

Proverbs and old sayings Romanian about husband, old, olderness

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow. William Cowper, English poet (1731–1800)

Proverbs and old sayings British about poets, old, olderness

The labourer is worthy of his hire

Proverbs and old sayings Romanian about old, olderness

The law is an ass. From English writer Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist

Proverbs and old sayings British about writers, law, old, olderness

The leopard does not change his spots

Proverbs and old sayings British about change, old, olderness