English proverb
64 quotes
"Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek."
"If the mountain won't come to Mohammed Mohammed must go to the mountain."
"Like mother like daughter."
"One crow will not pick out another crow's eyes."
"Vengeance is a dish that should be eaten cold."
"There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it."
""Let us agree not to step on each other's feet " said the cock to the horse."
"He that seeks trouble always finds it."
"He who despises his own life is soon master of another's."
"Hope for the best but prepare for the worst."
"You may lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink."
"Fools build houses and wise men buy them."
"A smooth sea never made a skilled marine."
"Two's a company three's a crowd."
"Despair doubles our strength."
"All is fair in love and war."
"What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."
"Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox."
"You can't get blood out of a turnip."
"You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."
"Many things are lost for want of asking."
"A nimble sixpence is better than a slow shilling."
"A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds."
"There is honor among thieves."
"If wishes were horses beggars might ride."