A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

extravagance see under getting and spending
fair dealing
give CREDIT where credit is due
a fair EXCHANGE is no robbery
all’s FAIR in love and war
FAIR play’s a jewel
GIVE and take is fair play
GIVE the Devil his due
be JUST before you’re generous
never give a SUCKER an even break
TURN about is fair play
there are TWO sides to every question
faith
FAITH will move mountains
put your TRUST in God..
faithfulness see under constancy and inconstancy
fame and obscurity
BRAVE men lived before Agamemnon
until the LIONS produce their own historian..
MORE people know Tom Fool..
familiarity
BETTER the devil you know..
BETTER wed over the mixen..
EAST is east, and west is west
FAMILIARITY breeds contempt
you should KNOW a man seven years before you stir his fire come LIVE with me and you’ll know me
NO man is a hero to his valet
there is NOTHING new under the sun a PROPHET is not without honour..
family see also children and parents
the APPLE never falls far from the tree
BETTER a good COW..
BLOOD is thicker than water
BLOOD will tell
what’s BRED in the bone..
from CLOGS to clogs is only three generations
the FAMILY that prays together stays together
it takes three GENERATIONS to make a gentleman KEEP your own fish-guts for your own sea-maws from SHIRTSLEEVES to shirtsleeves in three generations the SHOEMAKER’S son always goes barefoot
fashion see innovation; novelty
fate and fatalism
if you’re BORN to be hanged..
every BULLET has its billet
one DAY honey, one day onion
you can only DIE once
every ELM has its man
whom the GODS would destroy, they first make mad what GOES around comes around
HANGING and wiving go by destiny
MAN proposes, God disposes
MANY are called but few are chosen
what MUST be, must be
as a TREE falls, so shall it lie
what goes UP must come down