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Quotes by English proverb

Everyone must row with the oars he has.

The absent are always wrong.

The shortest answer is doing.

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

It takes two to make a bargain.

Its a bad bargain where nobody gains.

As you make your bed you must lie in it.

One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls.

Boys will be boys.

When the cats away the mice will play.

When they came to shoe the horses the beetle stretched out his leg.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Twos a company threes a crowd.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Despair doubles our strength.

Desperate diseases require desperate remedies.

The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat.

A Scotch mist may wet an Englishman to the skin.

Danger and delight grow on one stalk.