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English Proverbs

A banker is someone who lends you an umbrella when the sun is shining, and who asks for it back when it starts to rain

A full cup must be carried steadily.

A man is as old as he feels himself to be.

After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

A stumble may prevent a fall.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

A paragraph should be like a lady's skirt: long enough to cover the essentials but short enough to keep it interesting.

Danger and delight grow on one stalk.

Don't fall before you're pushed.

Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.

He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

The absent are always in the wrong.

Use soft words and hard arguments.

He who stands for nothing will fall for everything.