A collection of quotes by English Proverb.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
English Proverb
Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.
A young man idle, an old man needy.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
The mob has many heads but no brains.
Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.
He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives.
If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.
Take heed you do not find what you do not seek.
We are usually the best men when in the worst health.
A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.
Gray hairs are death's blossoms.
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
He is a fool that kisseth the maid when he may kiss the mistress.
The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Don't dig your grave with your knife and fork.
You may poke a man's fire after you've known him for seven years.
