More English Proverbs

Take a dog for a companion and a stick in your hand.... >>

Ruse only flourishes if it be stolen.... >>

Length begets loathing.... >>

If a hen does not prate she'll never lay.... >>

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

Other Proverbs

Every one feels his own burden heavy.... (French) >>

He plays well that wins.... (French) >>

You cannot make a hawk of a buzzard.... (French) >>

One catches more flies with a spoonful of honey than with tw... (French) >>

The second blow makes the fray.... (French) >>

Prosperity discovers vices, and adversity virtue.

- English Proverb