Sayings of British Origin
'Tis money that begets money.
English Proverb – [Investments]


A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
English Proverb – [Blindness]


A burnt child dreads the fire.
English Proverb – [Experience]


A full cup must be carried steadily.
English Proverb – [Prosperity]


A good beginning makes a good end.
English Proverb – [Beginning]


A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.
English Proverb – [Heroes and Heroism]


A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands.
English Proverb – [Beauty]


A proverb is the child of experience.
English Proverb – [Proverbs]


A small family is soon provided for.
English Proverb – [Family]


A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
English Proverb – [Adversity]


A stumble may prevent a fall.
English Proverb – [Adversity]


A young man idle, an old man needy.
English Proverb – [Laziness]


An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
English Proverb – [Idleness]


As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
English Proverb – [Action]


Ask God for what man can give, and you may get it.
English Proverb – [Prayer]


Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.
English Proverb – [Appearance]


Better a snotty child than his nose wiped off.
English Proverb – [Children]


Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods.
English Proverb – [Cheating]


Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.
English Proverb – [Children]


Death always comes too early or too late.
English Proverb – [Death and Dying]

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