Sunday, June 12, 2011

14th Century English Proverbs

After a storm comes a calm.
-late 14th

All roads lead to Rome.
-late 14th, earlier in Latin

All's well that ends well.
-late 14th

Art is long and life is short.
-late 14th - Hippocrates

Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer.
-early 14th

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Better late than never.
-early 14th, 1st century BC in Greek

Between two stools one falls to the ground.
-late 14th

Be what you would seem to be.
-late 14th

Charity begins at home.
-late 14th

The cowl does not make the monk.
-late 14th

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
-late 14th

The dog returns to it's vomit.
-late 14th

Do not throw pearls to swine.

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