English Proverbs
English Proverbs
meat men poor proverbs rich seek stomach
Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.
wicked riches virtue
Just as riches are an impediment to virtue in the wicked, so in the good they are an aid of virtue.
earth common rich
How far, O rich, do you extend your senseless avarice? Do you intend to be the sole inhabitants of the earth? Why do you drive out the fellow sharers of nature, and claim it all for yourselves? The earth was made for all, rich and poor, in common. Why do you rich claim it as your exclusive right?
break hurt names proverbs sticks stones
Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
proverbs till tomorrow
Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
ashamed poverty poverty-and-the-poor proverbs
Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.
heads mob proverbs
The mob has many heads but no brains.
hanged proverbs sheep
May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
none proverbs
One of these day is none of these days.
ends love proverbs
Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking.
chickens count proverbs
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
daughter mother proverbs win
He that would the daughter win must with the mother first begin.
heaven gentleman church
Prelate, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.
rome
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.