Famous quotes containing the words english proverb, english and/or proverb:
“He that bulls the cow must keep the calf.”
—Sixteenth-century English proverb.
“The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour.”
—Karl Marx (1818–1883)
“It is yours,
And might we lay th’old proverb to your charge,
So like you, ‘tis the worse.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)