More English Proverbs

He who searches for pearls should not sleep... >>

Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.... >>

Knock on wood.... >>

And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.... >>

Ale in, wit out.... >>

Other Proverbs

When the friar's beaten, then comes James.... (French) >>

When the spleen increases, the body diminishes.... (Spanish) >>

Right overstrained turns to wrong.... (Spanish) >>

One falsehood leads to another.... (Spanish) >>

Sugared words generally prove bitter.... (Spanish) >>

Alms never make poor.

- English Proverb