Famous quotes containing the words english proverb, english and/or proverb:
“The shortest answer is doing.”
—English proverb, collected in George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“The English like eccentrics. They just don’t like them living next door.”
—Julian Clary (b. 1959)
“The old proverb is very well parted between my master Shylock and you, sir: you have the grace of God, sir, and he hath enough.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)