60. Selected ENGLISH PROVERBS [part One of Three]

Selected
English
Proverbs

[PART ONE
OF THREE]

from
"THE DICTIONARY
OF PROVERBS"
Pocket Reference
Library,
Bloomsbury Books,
Geddes & Grosset Ltd.,
David Dale House,
New Lanark,
Scotland, 1994

I. AGE, YOUTH,
AND WISDOM

Affectation

of Wisdom

often prevents us
from
becoming Wise.
(p. 8)

All of us
must be
Drunk
once;
Youth
is Drunkenness
without Wine!
(p. 8)

All would
"live long",
but none
would be "old".
(p. 8)

Better Poor,
Young, and Wise,
than Rich,
Old and a Fool!
(p. 10)

Talents
are best nurtured
in solitude,
but Character
in
life's tempestuous sea.
(p. 16)

It is pleasant
to Remember,
that which was
hard to Endure!
(p. 16)

The Great Man is he
that does not lose
his Child's Heart!
(p. 17)

The great use
of Life
is to spend it
for something
that outlasts it!
(p. 17)

The Old
effect more
by Counsel
than
the Young
by War.
(p. 17)

The Old
for want
of Ability
and
the Young
for want
of Knowledge
let things
be lost.
(p. 17)

The Old
have
every day
something New.
(p. 17)

The Young
are
slaves
to
Novelty,
the Old
to
Custom.
(p. 18)

When
Old age
is Evil,
Youth
can learn
no Good!
(p. 20)

Where
the Old
are Foolish,
the Child
learns Folly.
(p. 20)

Who
lives,
will see!
(p. 20)

Wisdom
in
the Mind
is better
than Money
in
the Hand!
(p. 21)

Wisdom is
a
"good purchase"
though we
"pay dear for it".
(p. 21)

Wisdom
is more
to be envied
than Riches.
(p. 21)

Wisdom
was
the daughter
of Knowledge
by Reflection.
(p. 21)

Youth and Age
will never
agree.
(p. 22)


II. APPEARANCE,
CUSTOM,
AND DRESS

Act honestly
and
go boldly.
(p. 26)

Appearances
are deceitful.
(p. 27)

As you
Sow
so you
Reap.
(p. 27)

He gives
double
who gives
unasked.
(p. 30)

He
hat is proud
of
his Clothes
gets his
Reputation
from
his Tailor!
(p. 30)

He
who gives
grudgingly
shall be
taught better
by Adversity.
(p. 31)

He
who lives by
the Altar
must
serve by
the Altar.
(p. 31)

In this World
it is necessary
that we
help one another!
(p. 31)

It is often
better
not to see
an Insult
than to
avenge it.
(p. 32)

Men
seek less
to be Instructed
than
Applauded!
(p. 32)

Much
is expected
where
much is given.
(p. 33)

Offenders
never
pardon.
(p. 33)

The Tree
is
known
by
its Fruit.
(p. 36)

Two things
a man
should never
be angry at:
what
he can help,
and
what
he cannot.
(p. 36)

Under
a shabby cloak
may be
a smart Thinker!
(p. 36)

We seize
the Beautiful
and reject
the Useful!
(p. 37)


III. CRIME
AND PUNISHMENT

A sinful Heart
makes
a feeble Hand.
(p. 40)

A Thief
passes for
a Gentleman
when stealing
has
made him Rich!
(p. 40)

A Wolf
is a Wolf
though it hath
torn no Sheep.
(p. 40)

All temptations
are found
in either
Hope or Fear.
(p. 41)

Although
invisible
there are always
two Witnesses
present
at our every action;
God
and our conscience.
(p. 41)

Anger
is to be avoided
in
inflicting Punishment.
(p. 41)

Anger punishes itself.
(p. 41)

Better no Law
than Law
not enforced.
(p. 42)

Better ten Guilty
escape
than one Innocent man
suffer.
(p. 42)

Better to do
nothing
than
to do Ill.
(p. 42)

Charity
covers
a
multitude of Sins.
(p. 42)

Evil doers
are
evil dreaders.
(p. 44)

Extreme "Justice"
is
extreme Injustice!
(p. 44)

God help
the Sheep
when
the Wolf
is Judge!
(p. 44)

God
permits
the Wicked,
but

not forever.
(p. 44)

Good men
are scarce!
(p. 44)

Guilty men
still
Judge others
like them.
(p. 45)

He acts
the third crime
that defends
the first.
(p. 45)

He
that Forgives
gains
the victory!
(p. 46)

He that
slays
shall
be slain.
(p. 46)

He
who is free
from Vice
himself
is
he slower
to suspect it
in others!
(p. 47)

He
who lives
wickedly
lives
in Fear.
(p. 47)

He
who profits
by
a Crime
commits it.
(p. 47)

In the land
of Sinners
the Unjust
sit in Judgment!
(p. 49)

Innocence
finds
not so much
"protection"
as
Guilt.
(p. 49)

It is
an ill Bird
that fouls
its
own Nest!
(p. 49)

It is
better
to suffer
Wrong
than
do it.
(p. 49)

It is Folly
to expect
Justice
from
the Unprincipled!
(p. 49)

It is hard
to steal
where
the Host
himself
is
a Thief!
(p. 49)

It is
more noble
to Pardon
than
to Punish.
(p. 50)

Judge not,
that you
be
not Judged.
(p. 50)

Justice
was never
Angry.
(p. 50)

Know how
to
deceive;
do not
deceive!
(p. 50)

Law catches
"flies"
and lets
"hornets"
go free!
(p. 50)

Law makers
should not be
law breakers.
(p. 50)

Law grinds
the Poor,
and
Rich men
rule the Law.
(p. 51)

Little Thieves
are hanged
by the neck,
and
great Thieves
by the Purse!
(p. 51)

Man
hath
no greater Enemy
than himself!
(p. 51)

Many
without punishment,
none
without Sin.
(p. 51)

Money
and
Friendship
bribe
Justice.
(p. 51)

No one likes
Justice
brought home
to his own door!
(p. 52)

One law
for the Rich,
and
another
for the Poor!
(p. 53)

Our Desires
may undo us.
(p. 53)

Poverty
is not
a Crime!!!!
(p. 53)

Riches
without Law
are
more dangerous
than is
Poverty
without Law.
(p. 53)

Strict Law
is often
great Injustice.
(p. 54)

The Good
hate to Sin
from
love of Virtue;
the Bad
hate to Sin
from
fear of Punishment.
(p. 55)

The Judge
is
condemned
when
the Accused
is acquitted.
(p. 55)

The law:
"devised";
its evasion:
"contrived".
(p. 55)

The Law
guards us
from
all Evils
but itself!
(p. 55)

The more
Laws,
the
less Justice!
(p. 55)

The more
Laws,
the more
Offenders!
(p. 56)

The "sting"
of a reproach
bears
the Truth of it.
(p. 56)

The Thief
is sorry
he is
to be hanged,
not
that
he is
a Thief!
(p. 56)

The triumphing
of
the Wicked
is short!
(p. 56)

The Truth
is
the best Advocate.
(p. 56)

The wages
of Sin
is Death.
(p. 57)

The Wicked ears
are deaf
to Wisdom's call!
(p. 57)

The Wickedness
of a Few
is the Calamity
of All.
(p. 57)

The Wrong-doer
never lacks
a Pretext.
(p. 57)

There is
no Crime
without
a Precedent.
(p. 57)

They hurt
themselves
that
do Wrong!
(p. 57)

Those whom
guilt
stains,
it equals.
(p. 58)

Those who
sow Injustice
reap
Hate and Vengeance.
(p. 58)

To accuse
the Wicked
and defend
the Wretched
is an Honor!
(p. 58)

To know the Law

and do
"the right"
are
two different things.
(p. 58)

Truth is mighty
and
will prevail!
(p. 58)

Truth
is straight,
but
Judges
are crooked!
(p. 58)

Truth
may be
suppressed

but never
strangled!
(p. 59)

Truth
never fears
investigation.
(p. 59)

Truth
never
perishes!
(p. 59)

Vice
will stain
the
noblest race.
(p. 59)

We are

ever
Young enough
to Sin,
never
Old enough
to Repent.
(p. 59)

We easily forget
Crimes
known only
to ourselves.
p. 59)

We ought to
weigh well

what we can
only once
Decide.
(p. 59)

We should

consult
three things

in
all our actions:
Justice,
Honesty,
and Utility.
(p. 59)

What can

Innocence
hope for,
when
such as
sit her Judges
are
Corrupted?
(p. 60)

When God
means
to punish
a nation

He deprives
its rulers
of Wisdom!
(p. 60)

Who
demands Justice
must
administer Justice.
(p. 60)

Who has
Deceived thee
as often
as Thyself? (p. 61)