Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases Part 11

494. ENVY. Envy never enriched any man.

495. EPITAPH. He lies like an epitaph.

496. ERR. To err is human; to forgive divine.

497. ERRAND. Send a wise man on an errand and say nothing to him.

498. ESCAPES. 'Tis a hard battle where none escapes.

499. ESTATE. He that throws away his estate with his hands, goes afterwards to pick it upon his feet.

500. ESTEEMS. He that knows himself best, esteems himself least.

501. EVENING.

An evening red and a morning grey, Is a sign of a fair day.

502. EVERYBODY. He had need rise betimes that would please everybody.

503. EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS. Everybody's business is n.o.body's business.

504. EVERY MAN. Every man for himself, and G.o.d for us all.

505. EVERY TUB. Let every tub stand on its own bottom.

506. EVIL. Evil communications corrupt good manners.

507. EVIL. If you must have an evil, choose a little one.

508. EVIL. That which is evil is soon learnt.

509. EVIL.

Evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart.

510. EVIL NAME. The evil wound is cured, but not the evil name.

511. EVIL GOTTEN. Evil gotten, evil spent.

512. EVIL GRAIN. Of evil grain no good seed can come.

513. EVILS. Of two evils choose the lesser.

514. EXAMPLE. Example teaches more than precept.

515. EXCHANGE. Exchange is no robbery.

516. EXCUSE. A bad excuse is better than none at all.

517. EXPENSES. Proportion your expenses to what you have, not to what you expect.

518. EXPERIENCE. Experience is a dear school, but it is the only one we are apt to learn in.

519. EXPERIENCE. Experience is the mistress of fools.

520. EXTREMES. Extremes seldom last long.

521. EXTREMES. Extremes meet.

522. EYE. Better one eye than quite blind.

523. EYE. What the eye sees not, the heart rues not.

524. EYE. You should never touch your eye but with your elbow.

525. EYE. What the eye does not see the heart does not grieve for.

526. EYE-WITNESS. One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.

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527. FACE. Her face was her fortune.

528. FACT. A single fact is worth a s.h.i.+p-load of argument.

529. FAINT HEART. Faint heart never won a fair lady.

530. FAINT PRAISE. Faint praise is disparagement.

531. FAIR AND FOOLISH.

Fair and foolish, black and proud, Long and lazy, little and loud.

532. FAIR AND SOFTLY. Fair and softly go far in a day.

533. FAIR FACES. Fair faces need no paint.

534. FAIR FACE. A fair face may hide a foul heart.

535. FAIR FEATHERS. Fair feathers make fair fowls.

536. FAITH. Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness.

537. FALL. One may sooner fall than rise.

538. FALL. If a man once fall, all will tread on him.

539. FALLS. When the tree falls every man runs with his hatchet.