A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

ridiculous see from the SUBLIME to the ridiculous is only a step.
right see the CUSTOMER is always right; DO right and fear no man; GOD’S in his heaven, all’s right with the world; MIGHT is right; TWO wrongs don’t make a right.
ring see GIVE a thing, and take a thing, to wear the Devil’s gold ring.
ripe see SOON ripe, soon rotten.
rise see EARLY to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise; a STREAM cannot rise above its source.
A RISING tide lifts all boats
Principally known in the United States, this is one of several proverbs popularized by the Kennedy family. It is generally used in economic contexts, the tide being that of prosperity.

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  1963 J. F. KENNEDY Address 25 June in Public Papers of Presidents of U.S. (1964) 519 As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats. And a partnership, by definition, serves both partners, without domination or unfair advantage. 1988 Washington Post 7 Mar. A12 The theory used to be that all Americans had a stake in prosperity. The comforting notion was that the rising tide would lift all boats. Now, however, both the theory and some of the boats have holes in them. 1990 Washington Times 6 Mar. C2 The country was in a sharp economic expansion coming out of ‘82. This made everybody look smart—you know, the rising tide lifts all boats. 2001 Washington Post 16 Aug. E1 ‘In the high-growth environment of the past, a rising tide lifted all boats,’ said Magid Abraham, chief executive of ComScore Networks, a Reston firm that measures online activity. "good fortune
  

river see if you have to LIVE in the river, it is best to be friends with the crocodile; the SEA refuses no river; if you SIT by the river for long enough...
The ROAD to hell is paved with good intentions
Earlier forms of the proverb omit the first three words. Cf. ST. FRANCIS DE SALES, Letter lxxiv. le proverbe tire de notre saint Bernard, ‘L’enfer est plein de bonnes volontes ou desirs’, the proverb taken from our St. Bernard, ‘Hell is full of good intentions or desires.’

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