A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

fortune see good fortune; misfortune
free will and compulsion
he that COMPLIES against his will..
you can take a HORSE to the water..
one VOLUNTEER is worth two pressed men
friends see also associates
the BEST of friends must part
the COMPANY makes the feast
the ENEMY of my enemy is my friend
a FRIEND in need is a friend indeed
you should KNOW a man seven years before you stir his fire
LEND your money and lose your friend
SAVE us from our friends
TWO is company, but three is none
futility see also possibility and impossibility
in vain the NET is spread in the sight of the bird
it is too late to shut the STABLE-door after
the horse has bolted
a STERN chase is a long chase
SUE a beggar and catch a louse
future
COMING events cast their shadows before
he that FOLLOWS freits, freits will follow him
LONG foretold, long last..
NEVER is a long time
NEVER say never
TIME will tell
TODAY you; tomorrow me
TOMORROW is another day
TOMORROW never comes
gains and losses see also winners and losers
BLESSINGS brighten as they take their flight
FINDERS keepers..
FINDINGS keepings
all is FISH that comes to the net
all is GRIST that comes to the mill
what you’ve never HAD you never miss
one man’s LOSS is another man’s gain
there’s no great LOSS without some gain
SAFE bind, safe find
a SLICE off a cut loaf isn’t missed
if you don’t SPECULATE, you can’t accumulate
garden lore see also weather lore
CANDLEMAS day, put beans in the clay.. a CHERRY year, a merry year..
if you would be HAPPY for a week take a wife . .
ONE for the mouse, one for the crow..
ONE year’s seeding makes seven years’ weeding
PARSLEY seed goes nine times to the Devil
sow dry and set wet
gentleness
EASY does it
FAIR and softly goes far in a day
With a SWEET tongue and kindness..
gentry
when ADAM delved..
it takes three GENERATIONS to make a gentleman
getting and spending see also money; thrift
EASY come, easy go
what is GOT over the Devil’s back is spent under his belly
LIGHT come, light go
QUICKLY come, quickly go
SPARE at the spigot..
what you SPEND, you have
a WOMAN and a ship ever want mending
giving and receiving
it is BETTER to give than to receive
FEAR the Greeks bearing gifts
never look a GIFT horse in the mouth
GIVE a thing, and take a thing..
he GIVES twice who gives quickly
good and evil
never BID the Devil good morrow..
the DEVIL can quote Scripture for his own ends
why should the DEVIL have all the best tunes?
the DEVIL is not so black..
EVIL communications corrupt good manners
never do EVIL that good may come of it
EVIL doers are evil dreaders
EVIL to him who evil thinks
where GOD builds a church, the Devil will build a chapel
the GOOD die young
GOOD men are scarce
the GREATER the sinner, the greater the saint
IDLENESS is the root of all evil
ILL weeds grow apace
MONEY is the root of all evil
NOTHING so bad but it might have been worse it is easier to RAISE the Devil than to lay him no ROSE without a thorn SEE no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil SUFFICIENT unto the day is the evil thereof
TWO blacks don’t make a white
TWO wrongs don’t make a right
YOUNG saint, old devil
good fortune see also blessings
set a BEGGAR on horseback.. the DEVIL looks after his own FULL cup, steady hand call no man HAPPY till he dies a RISING tide lifts all boats TAKE the goods the gods provide all’s WELL that ends well
good things
ALL good things must come to an end the BEST is the enemy of the good the BEST things in life are free the GOOD is the enemy of the best one STORY is good till another is told you can have TOO much of a good thing