More English Proverbs

Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.... >>

It is ill fishing before the net.... >>

If thou canst not see the bottom, wade not.... >>

Too far East is West.... >>

Light Christmas, light wheatsheaf; dark Christmas, heavy wheatsheaf.... >>

Other Proverbs

If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself... (Yiddish) >>

For evil tongues, scissors.... (Spanish) >>

He who has shipped the devil, must carry him over the sound.... (Spanish) >>

Mother, marry me, marry me, or the gull will fly away with m... (Spanish) >>

The go-between wears out a thousand sandals... (Arab) >>

A woman that loves to be at the window is a bunch of grapes on the highway.

- English Proverb