A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

self-interest see self-help; self-preservation
self-preservation
if you can’t BEAT them, join them
it is BEST to be on the safe side
BETTER be safe than sorry
DEVIL take the hindmost
EVERY man for himself
EVERY man for himself, and devil take the hindmost
EVERY man for himself, and God for us all
those who live in GLASS houses..
HEAR all, see all, say nowt..
JOUK and let the jaw go by NEAR is my kirtle, but nearer is my smock
NEAR is my shirt, but nearer is my skin
SELF-preservation is the first law of nature
separation see absence
servants see employers and employees
silence see speech and silence
similarity and dissimilarity
BIRDS of a feather flock together
all CATS are grey in the dark
COMPARISONS are odious
DIAMOND cuts diamond
like FATHER, like son
FIGHT fire with fire
when GREEK meets Greek, then comes the tug of war
LIKE breeds like
LIKE will to like
like MOTHER, like daughter
like PEOPLE, like priest
it TAKES one to know one TWO of a trade never agree
slander see also malice; rumour
throw DIRT enough, and some will stick give a DOG a bad name and hang him a DOG that will fetch a bone..
those who live in GLASS houses..
the GREATER the truth, the greater the libel
never SPEAK ill of the dead
sleep see health
smallness see great and small
society
a CAT may look at a king
DO as you would be done by
DO unto others as you would they should do unto you EVERYBODY loves a lord
one HALF of the world does not know how the other half lives if every man would SWEEP his own doorstep . .
it takes a whole VILLAGE to bring up a child
soldiers
an ARMY marches on its stomach
the FIRST duty of a soldier is obedience
OLD soldiers never die
what the SOLDIER said isn’t evidence
speech and silence
little BIRDS that can sing and won’t sing..
a BLEATING sheep loses a bite
out of the FULLNESS of the heart..
who KNOWS most, speaks least
LEAST said, soonest mended
NO names, no pack-drill
NO news is good news
a SHUT mouth catches no flies
SILENCE is a woman’s best garment
SILENCE is golden
SILENCE means consent
SPEECH is silver, but silence is golden
a STILL tongue makes a wise head
STILL waters run deep