A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

corruption see bribery and corruption
courage see also boldness
BETTER to die on your feet..
none but the BRAVE deserve the fair
BRAVE men lived before Agamemnon FORTUNE favours the brave
cowardice
a BULLY is always a coward
CONSCIENCE makes cowards of us all COWARDS die many times before their death don’t CRY before you’re hurt
credulity see trust and scepticism
cunning see guile
curiosity
ASK no questions and hear no lies CURIOSITY killed the cat LAY-OVERS for meddlers
danger see peril
death
good AMERICANS when they die go to Paris every BULLET has its billet let the DEAD bury the dead
blessed are the DEAD that the rain rains on DEATH is the great leveller
DEATH pays all debts you can only DIE once every ELM has its man one FUNERAL makes many whom the GODS love die young the GOOD die young
a GREEN Yule makes a fat churchyard there is a REMEDY for everything except death SHROUDS have no pockets STONE-dead hath no fellow
as the TREE falls, so shall it lie
YOUNG men may die, but old men must die
deception see also guile
APPEARANCES are deceptive FEAR the Greeks bearing gifts FOOL me once, shame on you
the HUSBAND is always the last to know
in vain the NET is spread in the sight of the bird PROMISES, like pie-crust, are made to be broken
decision and indecision see also choices
BETWEEN two stools one falls..
the CAT would eat fish..
don’t CHANGE horses in mid-stream
COUNCILS of war never fight
when in DOUBT, do nowt
FIRST thoughts are best
he who HESITATES is lost
if you RUN after two hares you will catch neither
deeds see action and inaction; words and deeds
democracy see equality; rulers and ruled