More English Proverbs

Long a widow weds with shame.... >>

A fog from the sea brings corn to the mills.... >>

Far fowls have fair feathers.... >>

Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees... >>

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

Other Proverbs

Bad is never good until worse happens... (Gaelic) >>

He sleeps securely who has nothing to lose.... (French) >>

When you are an anvil, bear; when you are a hammer, strike.... (Spanish) >>

They took away the mirror from me because I was ugly, and ga... (Spanish) >>

A covetous abbot for one offering loses a hundred.... (Spanish) >>

Dogs that bark at a distance never bite.

- English Proverb