More English Proverbs

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.... >>

Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.... >>

Revenge is a dish that should be eaten cold.... >>

Light Christmas, light wheatsheaf; dark Christmas, heavy wheatsheaf.... >>

If thou hast not a capon, feed on an onion.... >>

Other Proverbs

My teeth before my relations.... (Spanish) >>

To a bold man fortune holds out her hand.... (French) >>

The drunkard and the glutton come to poverty, and drowsiness... (Spanish) >>

Play with an ass and he will flirt his tail in your face.... (Spanish) >>

This is the milkmaid's tale.... (Spanish) >>

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

- English Proverb