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Saturday, August 28, 2010

English Proverb

  • A man is as old as he feels.
  • Use soft words and hard arguments. 
  • A rose by any other name would smell so sweet.
  • A contented mind is a perpetual feast. 
  • Buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest.
  • A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
  • He who fails to study the past is doomed to repeat it.
  • A stitch in time saves nine.
  • Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.
  • Where there's a will, there's a way.
  • A good beginning makes a good end.
  • A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
  • A stumble may prevent a fall.
  • A good drum does not have to be beaten hard.
  • A good storyteller must be able to lie a little.
  • A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.
  • A good bee never lands on a fallen flower.
  • A good breakfast cannot take the place of the evening meal.
  • If you give 100%, God will make up the difference!
  • A good memory is not so good as a little ink.
  • An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
  • After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
  • Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
  • All is fish that comes to the net.
  • Blood is thicker than water.
  • The age of miracles in past.
  • All things come to those who wait.
  • The best things come in small packages.
  • The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer.
  • A bad excuse is better than none.
  • Better to be envied than pitied.
  • Coming events cast their shadows before.
  • One good turn deserves another.
  • One of these day is none of these days.
  • Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.

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