More English Proverbs

First deserve, and then desire.... >>

The greater the truth, the greater the libel.... >>

The more acquaintance, the more danger.... >>

Before St. John's Day for rain we pray, after that we get it anyway.... >>

A black plum is as sweet as a white.... >>

Other Proverbs

Give a clown your foot, and he'll take your hand.... (Spanish) >>

Men that have much business must have much pardon.... (American) >>

The beast dead, the venom is dead.... (French) >>

The saint's-day over, farewell the saint.... (French) >>

The skin is nearer than the shirt.... (French) >>

The crow went travelling abroad and came home just as black.

- English Proverb