62. Selected ENGLISH PROVERBS [part Three of Three]

62.
Selected
ENGLISH
PROVERBS

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


XI. LOVE AND MARRIAGE


A maiden
with
many
wooers
often
chooses
the worst.
(p. 169)

A man
has
a choice
to begin
Love,
but
not
to end it.
(p. 169)

A sweet
and innocent
Compliance
is
the cement
of Love.
(p. 169)

Affinity
in Hearts
is
the nearest
kindred.
(p. 169)


Be
Loving,
and
you will
never want
for Love.
(p. 170)

Every
Heart
hath
its
own Ache.
(p. 170)

Every
Lover
is
a Soldier.
(p. 170)

Hanging
and
wiving
go
by Destiny.
(p. 171)

He
Loves
well
who
never
Forgets.
(p. 172)

He
who takes
a Wife
takes
a Master.
(p. 172)

Hearts
alone
buy
Hearts.
(p. 172)

 
Honor
in Love
is
Silence.
(p. 172)

Let him
not be
a Lover
who has
no Courage.
(p. 173)

Love
All,
trust
a
Few,
be False
to None.
(p. 173)

Love
and
Faith
are seen
in works.
(p. 173)

 

Love
and
Light
cannot
be hid.
(p. 173)

 

Love
asks
Faith
and
Faith
asks
Firmness.
(p. 173)

Love
begets
Love.
(p. 173)

 

Love
can make
any place
look
agreeable.
(p. 174)

 

Love
conquers
all things;
let us
yield
to Love!
(p. 174)

 

Love
expels
Jealousy.
(p. 174)

Love
has
no Law.
(p. 174)

Love
is
better
than
Fame.
(p. 175)

Love
is
the Soul
of
Genius.
(p. 175)

Love
knows
hidden Paths.
(p. 175)

Love
knows
no measure.
(p. 175)

Love
levels
all
inequalities.
(p. 175)

Love
makes
all Hearts
gentle.
(p. 176)

Love
rules
his Kingdom
without
a Sword.
(p. 176)


Love
without
return
is
like
a Question
without
an Answer.
(p. 176)


Lovers
ever run
before
"the Clock"!
(p. 177)


Marriage
is
"a Lottery"!
(p. 177)


No
God
above
gets
all
man's
Love.
(p. 178)


No
Rose
without
a
Thorn;
no
Love
without
a
Rival.
(p. 179)


One
cannot
Love
and
be
Wise.
(p. 179)


One
grows
used
to
Love
and
to
Fire.
(p. 179)


Out
of
the fullness
of
the Heart
Love
speaks.
(p. 179)

The Bravest
are
the Tenderest;
the
Loving
are
the Daring.
(p. 179)

The
Conversation
of Lovers
is
inexhaustible.
(p. 179)


The course
of
True Love
never
did
run
smooth.
(p. 180)


The Lover
in
the Husband
may
be lost.
(p. 180)


The only
victory
over
Love
is flight.
(p. 180)


The Soul
is
not
where
it lives
but
where
it Loves.
(p. 180)


The
Truth
of Truths
is
Love.
(p. 180)


The two
greatest
stimulants
are
Love
and
Debt.
(p. 180)


There
are
as good
Fish
in
the Sea
as ever
came
out of it.
(p. 181)


There
are
no reasons
that
explain Love,
but
a thousand
that
explain
Marriage.
(p. 181)

We
never know
how much
we Loved
till
what
we Loved
was lost.
(p. 181)



What
comes
from
the Heart
goes
to
the Heart.
(p. 181)


Where
there is
great
Love
there is
great
Pain.
(p. 182)


Where
there is
no
Love
all Faults
are seen.
(p. 182)


Where
there is
not
Equality,
there
can be
no
perfect
Love.
(p. 182)



Who
would
be
Loved
must
Love.
(p. 182)


Works
and
not
Words
are
the Proof
of Love.
(p. 182)

  
XII. POVERTY
AND WEALTH


A fallen
Rich Man
may
make
a good Master,
but
not
an enriched
Poor Man.
(p. 183)

A great
Fortune
is
a great
Slavery!
(p. 183)


A Hungry
Man
is
an Angry
Man!
(p. 183)


A man
that
keeps
Riches
and
enjoys them
not,
is like
an Ass
that
carries Gold
and
eats Thistles!
(p. 184)


A man
who is
proud
of
his Money
rarely
has
anything else
to
be proud of!
(p. 184)


A Miser
grows Rich
by
seeming Poor,
and
Extravagant Man
grows
Poor
by
seeming Rich.
(p. 184)


A Poor Man's
Debt
makes
a great noise.
(p. 184)

A Proud
Pauper
and
a Rich
Miser
are
contemptible
things.
(p. 185)


A Rich Man
is either
a "Rogue"
or
a "Rogue's Heir"!
(p. 185)

A Rich Man
is never
"ugly"
in
the eyes
of a Girl!
(p. 185)

A Rich Man
knows
not
his Friends.
(p. 185)

A Rich Man's
foolish
sayings
pass
for
wise ones!
(p. 185)


All ask
if
a man
be Rich,
none
if he
be
Good!
(p. 185)


All
powerful
Money
gives
"Birth"
and
"Beauty".
(p. 185)


Be
considerate
towards
the Poor!
(p. 186)


Before
the
Rich Man
is
willing
to give,
the
Poor Man
dies!
(p. 186)


Beggars
and
Borrowers
cannot
be
Choosers.
(p. 186)


Better
Beg
than
Steal!
(p. 186)


Better
Rich
in God
than
Rich
in Gold!
(p. 186)


But
few
prize
Money
before
Honor.
(p. 186)

Don't

Borrow
from
a
Poor Man.
(p. 187)

Everyone
is
kin
to
the Rich Man!
(p. 187)

Every
Poor Man
is
counted
a Fool.
(p. 187)

Fair
Money
can
cover
much
that's
Foul.
(p. 187)

 

For one
Rich Man
that
is content
there
are
a hundred
who
are not!
(p. 187)

 

Give
me
neither
Poverty
nor
Riches.
(p. 187)


God
help
the Poor
for
the Rich
can help
themselves!
(p. 187)


He
alone
is Rich
who
makes
proper use
of
his Riches.
(p. 188)


He
bears
Poverty
very ill
who
is
ashamed
of it.
(p. 188)


He
has Riches
enough
who
need
neither
Borrow
nor Flatter.
(p. 188)


He
is not
Rich
who
is not
Satisfied.
(p. 188)


He is
Rich
enough
who
has
True
Friends.
(p. 188)


He
that hath
Nothing
is
not
"Contented".
(p. 189)


He
that
is known
to
have
no Money
has
neither
Friends
nor Credit.
(p. 189)

He

that lies
on
the ground
can
fall
no further.
(p. 189)


He
that
makes haste
to
be Rich,
shall
not
be
Innocent!
(p. 189)


He
that shows
his
Money
shows
his
Judgment.
(p. 190)


He
who devours
the
substance
of
the Poor,
will find
at length
a bone
to
choke him!
(p. 190)


He
who
is Rich
can have
"no Vice"
and
he
that
is Poor
can have
"no Virtue"!
(p. 190)


He who
pays
the Piper
may
"call
the tune"!
(p. 190)


He
who
stoppeth
his ear
at
the cry
of
the Poor,
shall
cry himself,
and
not
be heard!
(p. 190)


If
Money
be not
thy
Servant,
it
will be
thy
Master.
(p. 191)


It is
better
to be
Poor
with
Honor
than
Rich
with
Shame!
(p. 191)

Money

burns
many!
(p. 192)


Money
is a
Universal Language
speaking
"any tongue"!
(p. 193)


Money
is
needed
both
by
Monk
and Dervish.
(p. 193)


Money
is
Power!
(p. 193)


Money
is
the Fruit
of Evil
as
often as
the Root
of it.
(p. 193)


Money
is
the GOD
of
the World!
(p. 193)


Money
is
the
only Power
that
all Mankind
bow
down
before!
(p. 193)


Money
is
the Soul
of Business!
(p. 193)


Much
Wisdom
is lost
in
Poor Men's
mouths.
(p. 194)


Much
Wisdom
is
smothered
in
a Poor Man's
head!
(p. 194)
  
No
Good Man
ever
becomes
suddenly
Rich.
(p. 194)

No one
so
hard
upon
the Poor
as
the Pauper
who
has got
into
Power!
(p. 195)


No one
so
Liberal
as he
who
has
nothing
to give.
(p. 195)


Poor Men's
Words
have
little
Weight!
(p. 196)


Poverty
is
a Good
all men
Hate!
(p. 196)


Rich
Men
are
Slaves,
condemned
to
the mines!
(p. 197)


Rich
Men
seem
Happy,
Great
and Wise --
all
which
the
Good Man
only
is!
(p. 197)


Riches
and Favor
go
before
Wisdom
and Art.
(p. 197)

Riches

and
Virtue
do
not always
keep
each other
company!
(p. 197)


Riches
are
but
the baggage
of Fortune.
(p. 197)


Riches
cause
Arrogance;
Poverty,
Meekness!
(p. 198)


Riches
have
their
Embarrassments!
(p. 198)


Riches
only adorn
the
"House",
but
Virtue adorns
the
Person.
(p. 198)


Riches
serve
the
Wise Man
but
command
the Fool!
(p. 198)


Riches
take
Peace
from
the Soul
but rarely,
if
ever,
confer it!
(p. 198)


Riches
without
Understanding:
a Body
without
a Soul!
(p. 199)



The
abuse
of Riches
is worse
than
the
want
of them!
(p. 199)


The dainties
of
the Great
are
the Tears
of
the Poor!
(p. 199)

The Foolish
sayings
of
the Rich Man
passes Laws
in Society!
(p. 199)


The
"Miser"
is
always
"Poor".
(p. 199)


The
Pleasures
of
the Mighty
are
the Terrors
of
the Poor!
(p. 200)


The Poor
cannot;
the Rich
will not!
(p. 200)


The
Poor Man
seeks
for
Food;
the
Rich Man
for
Appetite.
(p. 200)


The
Poor Man's
Honor
is
worth more
than
the
Rich Man's
Gold!
(p. 201)


The
Poor
pay
for All!
(p. 201)


The
Poor,
you
always
have
with
you.
(p. 201)


The Poor-Houses
are
filled with
the
most Honest
people!
(p. 201)


The Pride
of
the Rich
makes
the
Labors
of
the Poor.
(p. 201)


The
Rich
are
Trustees
under
God
for
the
Poor!
(p. 202)


The Rich
think
Poor Men
have
no Souls!
(p. 202)


The
Thirst
for
Money
brings
all
the Sins
into
the World.
(p. 202)


There be
as many
miseries
beyond
Riches
as on
this side
of them!
(p. 203)


Those
who believe
"Money
can do
Everything!"
are
frequently
prepared
to
"do Everything
for
Money"!
(p. 203)


To
Condemn
the Poor
because
of
their Poverty
is
to affront
God's
Providence!
(p. 203)


To
disregard
Money
on
suitable occasions
is often
a Great Profit!
(p. 203)


We give
to
the Rich,
and
take
from the Poor!
(p. 204)


When
Money
"speaks",
Truth
"keeps
Silent".
(p. 204)


Who
"closes
his ear"
to
the Poor --
Peter
will
"not hear",
when
he knocks!
(p. 204)

Who
will
become
Rich
must cast
his Soul
behind
the
Money-Chest!
(p. 205)


Who
will
become
Rich
must
have
great Care,
and
little
Conscience!
(p. 205)


With
Money,
you
would not
know yourself;
without
Money,
nobody
would
know you!
(p. 205)


XIII. POWER
AND CONFLICT

A Good
Cause
makes
a
stout Heart
and
a strong Arm.
(p. 207)


A Good
Prince
does not
cut out
Freedom's
"tongue"!
(p. 207)


A Poor
Freedom
is better
than
a
Rich
Slavery.
(p. 207)


A War,
even
the
most victorious,
is
a national
Misfortune!
(p. 207)


All
are
not "Free"
who mock
their
Chains!
(p. 207)


Ambition
is
the last
Infirmity
of
Noble Minds.
(p. 208)


Ambition
is
Torment enough
for
an Enemy!
(p. 208)


An
oppressive
government
is more
to
be feared
than
a Tiger!
(p. 208)


Argument
makes
three
Enemies
to
one Friend!
(p. 208)


Better
a
Lean Peace
than
a Fat Victory!
(p. 208)


Better
to be
a Free Bird
than
a Captive King!
(p. 209)


Better Free
in
a foreign land
than
a Slave
at Home!
(p. 209)


Blood
will
have
blood!
(p. 209)


Councils
of
War
never fight!
(p. 209)


Courage
in War
is safer
than
Cowardice.
(p. 209)


Cursed
is he
that doth
his Office
Craftily,
Corruptly,
or Maliciously!
(p. 209)


Diamonds
cut
diamonds.
(p. 210)


Everyone
has
his
Master.
(p. 210)


From
prudence
Peace;
from
Peace
abundance.
(p. 210)


He
is
most powerful
that
governs
himself.
(p. 211)


He
that
is hated
by
his subjects
cannot
be King!
(p. 211)


He
that makes
himself
a
Sheep
shall be
eaten
by
the Wolf.
(p. 211)


He
who
cannot
command
himself --
it is
Folly
to
think
to
command
others!
(p. 212)


He
who
Demands
does
not
Command.
(p. 212)


He
who
has Land
hath
War!
(p. 212)


In
a false
Quarrel
there
is no
true Valor.
(p. 212)


In the
"Land
of the Blind"
the
"one-eyed
man"
is King!
(p. 212)


In War
according
to War.
(p. 213)


It
is much
safer
to
Obey
than Rule.
(p. 213)


It
takes two
to
make
a quarrel.
(p. 213)


Little
is done
where
many
command.
(p. 213)


Mad
Wars
destroy
in
one year
the Works
of
many years
of Peace.
(p. 213)


No one
can have
Peace
longer
than
his Neighbor
pleases.
(p. 214)


No Ruler
"good",
save
God!
(p. 214)


Office
without
Pay
makes
Thieves.
(p. 214)


One
Peace
is better
than
ten Victories.
(p. 215)


Oppression
causes
Rebellion. 
(p. 215)
 
Oppression
will make
a Wise Man
MAD!!!
(p. 215)


Our
Master
is our
Enemy!
(p. 215)


Peace
flourishes
when
Reason
rules.
(p. 215)

"Peace"
with
a Cudgel
in hand
is
"War".
(p. 215)


Peace
without
Truth
is
Poison!
(p. 215)


Power
goes
before
Talent.
(p. 215)


Power
tends to
corrupt,
and
Absolute Power
corrupts
absolutely.
(p. 216)


Power
weakens
the
Wicked.
(p. 216)


See,
Listen,
and
Be Silent,
and
you
will live
in Peace.
(p. 216)


The
choice
of
the People
is
the surest
and
best Title
to
reign
over them.
(p. 216)



The
Hearts
of the People
are
the only
Legitimate
Foundations
of
Empire.
(p. 217)


The Mob
has
many
heads
but
no Brains!
(p. 217)


The
"Race"
is not
to the
Swift,
nor the
"Battle"
to the
Strong!
(p. 217)


The Time
of
the Prince
belongs
to
the People.
(p. 217)


The
"trap"
to the
High Born
is
Ambition.
(p. 217)


The
World
without
Peace
is
the Soldier's
"Pay"!!
(p. 218)


There is
no
worse
Heresy
than
that
the Office
sanctifies
the Holder.
(p. 218)


To
grow
Proud
in Office
is
the
Nature
of Man.
(p. 219)


Tyranny
is
far
the worst
Treason!!
(p. 219)


War
is a
proceeding
that
ruins
those
who
succeed!
(p. 219)


When
Power
puts
in
its "plea"
the
Laws
are silent!
(p. 220)



When
War
is raging
the Laws
are
dumb.
(p. 220)

Where
Money
and
Counsel
are
wanting
it
is better
not
to
make War.
(p. 220)


Who
builds
on
the Mob
builds
on "sand".
(p. 220)


Who
loves
Peace
serves
God!
(p. 220)


You
must
ask
your neighbor
if you
shall live
in Peace.
(p. 221)


XIV. PRUDENCE,
CAUTION,
AND EXCESS


A Glutton
is
never
generous.
(p. 223)


Abstinence
and
Fasting
cure
many
a complaint!
(p. 224)


All
comes
Right
to him
that
can wait.
(p. 224)


Do
not run
too fast
after
Gain.
(p. 227)


Don't
build
Castles
in
the air!
(p. 228)


Don't
sing
your
Triumph
before
you
have
Conquered.
(p. 228)


Don't
throw out
the
"Baby"
with
the
"Bath-water"!
(p. 229)


"Enough"
is a Feast;
"too much",
Vanity.
(p. 229)


Every
excess
becomes
a Vice.
(p. 229)


Govern
your
Passions --
otherwise,
they
will
govern you.
(p. 231)


Greed
and
"the eye"
can
no man
fill.
(p. 231)


Greedy
folks
have
long arms!
(p. 231)


Health
consists
with
Temperance
alone.
(p. 232)


It
is
the principle
"Rule
of Life"
not
to be
too much
addicted
to
one thing.
(p. 233)


Live
not
to eat
but
eat
to Live!
(p. 234)


Of
two
Evils,
choose
the
less!
(p. 235)


Produce
much,
Consume
little,
Labor
diligently,
Speak
cautiously!
(p. 236)


Regulate
thy
own
Passions,
and
bear
those
of others.
(p. 236)


Sweep
before
your
own
Door!
(p. 237)


The
Bounty
of Nature
is
too little
for
the
Greedy Man!
(p. 237)


The
more
you get,
the more
you want!
(p. 237)


The Noblest
Task
is
to
Command
one's Self.
(p. 238)


What
is
"enough"
is
never
"little".
(p. 239)


What
you
have,
hold.
(p. 239)


Where
Necessity
pinches,
Boldness
is
Prudence!
(p. 239)


You
cannot
run with
"the Hare"
AND
hunt
with
"the Hounds".
(p. 240)


You
must
shift
your Sail
with
the Wind.
(p. 240)


XV. TIME,
SEASON,
AND THE WEATHER


All
the
Treasures
of
the Earth
would not
bring back
one
lost Moment!
(p. 243)


All
times
when
"Old"
are
"good".
(p. 243)


Coming
events
cast
their
Shadow
before.
(p. 243)


Each
day
is
the Scholar
of
Yesterday.
(p. 243)


Every
day
brings
a New Light!
(p. 244)


Every
SCRAP
of
a Wise Man's
time
is
worth saving!
(p. 244)


Everything
has
"a Time".
(p. 244)


He who
falls
today
may
rise
tomorrow!
(p. 245)


Hope
springs
eternal!
(p. 245)


In time,
the
savage Bull
doth
bear
the Yoke.
(p. 245)


It is
all one
a hundred years
hence!
(p. 246)


It is
EASY
to be
"Wise"
AFTER
the Event!
(p. 246)


Man
cannot
buy
Time.
(p. 247)


No day
is
wholly
productive
of
Evil.
(p. 247)


No man
can
call
back
Yesterday!
(p. 248)


No one
has
ever
seen
Tomorrow!
(p. 248)


One
"today"
is worth
two
"tomorrows"!
(p. 248)


Open
your Door
to
a Fine Day,
but
make
yourself ready
for
a Foul one.
(p. 248)


The best
"Preacher"
is
Time.
(p. 249)


The Day
has eyes;
the Night
has ears.
(p. 250)


The days
follow
each
other
and
are
not alike!
(p. 250)


The
Heavens
are
Just,
and
Time
suppresses
Time.
(p. 250)


The
Past
is for
Wisdom,
the
Present
for Action,
but for
Joy
the Future.
(p. 250)


The
"Time
to Come"
is
no more
ours
than
the
"Time Past".
(p. 251)


There is
"a Time"
for
ALL THINGS.
(p. 251)


There
is
no better
Counselor
than
Time!
(p. 251)


There
is
no
"day"
without
Sorrow!
(p. 251)


There is
nothing
NEW
under
the sun!
(p. 251)


Time
at last
sets
all things
"EVEN".
(p. 252)


Time
brings
everything
to
those
that can
wait for it!
(p. 252)


Time
covers
and
discovers
everything!
(p. 252)


Time
devours
all
things!
(p. 252)


Time
is
a River
without
banks.
(p. 252)


Time
is
a
True Friend
to
Sorrow.
(p. 252)


Time
is
Anger's
MEDICINE.
(p. 252)


Time
is
PRECIOUS
but
Truth
is
MORE PRECIOUS
than
Time!
(p. 253)


Time
is the
great
Innovator.
(p. 253)


Time
is
the Herald
of Truth!
(p. 253)

Time
is
"the Rider"
that
"BREAKS"
Youth!
(p. 253)


Time
passes
like
the Wind!
(p. 253)


Time
past
never
returns;
a Moment
lost
is
lost
forever.
(p. 253)

Time
reveals
all
things.
(p. 253)

Time
subdues
all
things.
(p. 253)


Time
tries
ALL.
(p. 253)


Today
is
Yesterday's
PUPIL.
(p. 254)


"Tomorrow"
is
"Fresh Fields"
and
"Pastures New"!
(p. 254)


Tomorrow's
sun
to thee
may
never rise!
(p. 254)


What
a day
may
bring
a day
may
take away!
(p. 255)


What is
"my turn"
Today,
may be
"thine"
Tomorrow.
(p. 255)


What
Reason
and
Endeavor
cannot
bring
about
Time
often will!
(p. 255)

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