Famous quotes containing the words english proverb and/or english:
“The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them.”
—18th-century English proverb.
“The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)