Famous quotes containing the words english proverb, english and/or proverb:
“It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.”
—18th-century English proverb.
“On becoming soldiers we have not ceased to be citizens.”
—Oliver Cromwell’s Soldiers. Address, 1647, to the English Parliament. “Humble Representation.”
“Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you’ve watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you.”
—Nicholson Baker (b. 1957)