More English Proverbs

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.... >>

It is ill fishing before the net.... >>

Scratch an Englishman, find a seaman.... >>

Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth ... >>

If three dogs chase a rabbit they cannot kill it.... >>

Other Proverbs

What my neighbour eats does my stomach no good.... (Spanish) >>

Looking for the ass on its very back.... (Chinese) >>

Who wives for a dower, resigns his own power.... (French) >>

When one door shuts, a hundred open.... (Spanish) >>

What belongs to everybody belongs to nobody.... (Spanish) >>

When harvest flies hum, there's warm weather to come.

- English Proverb