ENGLISHPROVERBS & SAYINGS –FORWARD PART 7 Dear friends,
The following are a few Englishproverbs Posted by:"V.Subramanian" [email protected] Tue Dec 23, 2008 stored in myexternal memory. I thought of forwardingthe same in parts. Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan 13-6-2021 CONTINUED FROM PART 6 701. Plenty is no plague. 702. Politeness costs little (nothing), but yieldsmuch. 703.Poverty is no sin. 704. Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamedof it is. 705.Practise what you preach. 706. Praise is not pudding. 707.Pride goes before a fall. 708. Procrastination is the thief of time. 709.Promise is debt. 710.Promise little, but do much. 711. Prosperity makes friends, and adversity triesthem. 712. Put not your hand between the bark and thetree. 713. Rain at seven, fine at eleven. 714. Rats desert a sinking ship. 715. Repentance is good, but innocence is better. 716. Respect yourself, or no one else will respectyou. 717. Roll my log and I will roll yours. 718.Rome was not built in a day. 719. Salt water and absence wash away love. 720. Saying and doing are two things. 721. Score twice before you cut once. 722. Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings. 723. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. 724. Self done is soon done. 725. Self done is well done. 726. Self is a bad counsellor. 727. Self-praise is no recommendation. 728. Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil. 729. Set a thief to catch a thief. 730. Shallow streams make most din. 731. Short debts (accounts) make long friends. 732. Silence gives consent. 733. Since Adam was a boy. 734. Sink or swim! 735. Six of one and half a dozen of the other. 736. Slow and steady wins the race. 737. Slow but sure. 738.Small rain lays great dust. 739. So many countries, so many customs. 740. So many men, so many minds. 741. Soft fire makes sweet malt. 742. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark . 743. Soon learnt, soon forgotten. 744. Soon ripe, soon rotten. 745. Speak (talk) of the devil and he will appear(is sure to appear). 746.Speech is silver but silence is gold. 747. Standers-by see more than gamesters. 748. Still waters run deep. 749. Stolen pleasures are sweetest. 750. Stretch your arm no further than your sleevewill reach. 751. Stretch your legs according to the coverlet. 752. Strike while the iron is hot. 753. Stuff today and starve tomorrow. 754. Success is never blamed. 755. Such carpenters, such chips. 756. Sweep before your own door. 757. Take care of the pence and the pounds will takecare of themselves. 758. Take us as you find us. 759. Tarred with the same brush. 760. Tastes differ. 761. Tell that to the marines. 762. That cock won't fight. 763. That which one least anticipates soonest comesto pass. 764. That's a horse of another colour. 765. That's where the shoe pinches! 766. The beggar may sing before the thief (before afootpad). 767. The best fish smell when they are three daysold. 768. The best fish swim near the bottom. 769. The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good. 770. The busiest man finds the most leisure. 771. The camel going to seek horns lost his ears. 772. The cap fits. 773. The cask savours of the first fill. 774. The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 775. The cat would eat fish and would not wet herpaws. 776. The chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 777. The cobbler should stick to his last. 778. The cobbler's wife is the worst shod. 779. The darkest hour is that before the dawn. 780.The darkest place is under the candlestick. 781. The devil is not so black as he is painted. 782. The devil knows many things because he is old. 783. The devil lurks behind the cross. 784. The devil rebuking sin. 785. The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on. 786. The Dutch have taken Holland ! 787. The early bird catches the worm. 788. The end crowns the work. 789.The end justifies the means. 790. The evils we bring on ourselves are hardest tobear. 791. The exception proves the rule. 792. The face is the index of the mind. 793. The falling out of lovers is the renewing oflove. 794. The fat is in the fire. 795. The first blow is half the battle. 796. The furthest way about is the nearest way home. 797. The game is not worth the candle. 798. The heart that once truly loves never forgets. 799. The higher the ape goes, the more he shows histail. 800. The last drop makes the cup run over. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1993314188.469159.1623542974636%40mail.yahoo.com.
