Sayings of British Origin
Death is a shadow that always follows the body.
English Proverb – [Death and Dying]
Don't dig your grave with your knife and fork.
English Proverb – [Food and Eating]
Don't halt before you are lame.
English Proverb – [Perseverance]
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
English Proverb – [Gentlemen]
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
English Proverb – [Fools and Foolishness]
Foul water will quench fire.
English Proverb – [Necessity]
Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight.
English Proverb – [Friends and Friendship]
Gray hairs are death's blossoms.
English Proverb – [Hair]
He is a fool that kisseth the maid when he may kiss the mistress.
English Proverb – [Fools and Foolishness]
He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
English Proverb – [Love]
He that seeks trouble never misses.
English Proverb – [Delinquency]
He that would the daughter win must with the mother first begin.
English Proverb – [Mothers]
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
English Proverb – [Hope]
If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.
English Proverb – [Action]
If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.
English Proverb – [Happiness]
It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.
English Proverb – [Trust]
It takes all sorts to make a world.
English Proverb – [Variety]
Learning makes a man fit company for himself as well as for others.
English Proverb – [Learning]
Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.
English Proverb – [Neighbors]
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
English Proverb – [Jest]
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