More English Proverbs

Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they ... >>

All be the same in a hundred years.... >>

May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.... >>

He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.... >>

Age and wedlock tame man and beast.... >>

Other Proverbs

There is a pinch of the madman in every great man.... (French) >>

A determined heart will not be counselled.... (Spanish) >>

Clergymen's sons always turn out badly.... (Spanish) >>

Every woman has something of a witch about her.... (Spanish) >>

Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it.... (Italian) >>

Servants like ornaments should be used in their proper places.

- English Proverb