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]