Famous quotes containing the words english proverb, english and/or proverb:
“The offender never pardons.”
—English proverb, collected in George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs (1640)
“The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)
“As the proverb says, “a good beginning is half the business” and “to have begun well” is praised by all.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)