Proverb Examples from around the world

Proverbs Starting with letter E - part 3
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Every flood has it ebb.
Every flood has its ebb.
Every fly has its shadow.

Every foal is not like its sire.
Every fool is different.
Every fool is pleased with his bauble.
Every fool is wise when he holds his tongue.
Every fool likes his bauble.
Every fool thinks he is clever enough.
Every fool wants to give advice.
Every fox carries his tail his own way.
Every fox likes a henroost.
Every fox looks after his own skin.
Every fox praises its own tail.
Every frog has his own pond.
Every future is not far away.
Every glowworm is not a fire.
Every great thing only consists of many small particles united.
Every guest hates the others, and the host hates them all.
Every hair casts its shadow.
Every hare may pluck the dead lion's mane.
Every head has its own kind of headache.
Every head is a world.
Every herring must hang by its own gill.
Every hill has its valley.
Every hooked beak is maintained by prey.
Every house has its cross.
Every human can make a mistake.
Every invalid is a doctor.
Every invalid is a physician.
Every jester likes his hat.
Every joy will follow in grief's footsteps.
Every kind of wood is grey when they are reduced to ashes.
Every labourer is worthy of his hire.
Every land has its own law.
Every land to its own custom, every wheel its own spindle.
Every law is broken to become a king.
Every letter must be chewed before you can refresh yourself with its juice.
Every life has its joy, every joy its law.
Every light hath its shadow.

Every light is not the sun.
Every little blade of grass declares the presence of God.
Every little fish expects to become a whale.
Every little helps.
Every little helps, said the sow, when she snapped at a gnat.
Every little pot has a fitting lid.
Every little yielding to anxiety is a step away from the natural heart of man.
Every loony is different.
Every madman has its own enthusiasm.
Every madman thinks all other men mad.
Every man after his fashion.
Every man assumes the colors of his surroundings.
Every man carries an enemy in his own bosom.
Every man for himself.
Every man for himself and God for all.
Every man for himself and God for us all.
Every man for himself, and God for all.
Every man for himself, and God for us all.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Every man has a fool in his sleeve.
Every man has a fool up his sleeve.
Every man has a good wife and a bad trade.
Every man has his liking.
Every man has his lot, and a wide world before him.
Every man has his peculiar habit.
Every man has his price.
Every man has his value.
Every man has one black patch, and some have two.
Every man hath a fool in his sleeve.
Every man hath his hobby-horse.
Every man his own is not too much.
Every man is a fool in some man's opinion.
Every man is a prince in his own bed.
Every man is dearest to himself.
Every man is his own worst enemy.
Every man is master in his own house.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Every man is the best interpreter of his own words.
Every man is the guardian of his own honor.
Every man is the king of his own beard.
Every man is the son of his own works.
Every man judges of others by himself.
Every man knows that he must die, but no one believes it.
Every man likes his own praise best.
Every man likes the smell of his own farts.
Every man must carry his own sack to the mill.
Every man must go to the mill with his own sack.

Every man rejoices in his peculiar study.
Every man rides his own hobby.
Every man should support himself, and not hang upon another.
Every man thinks his copper is gold.
Every man thinks his own geese swans.
Every man thinks his own owl a falcon.
Every man thinks his own thoughts are best.
Every man to his taste.
Every man to his taste, as the man said when he kissed his cow.
Every man to his trade.
Every man who can blow a horn is not a huntsman.
Every man's friend is every man's fool.
Every man's sin falls on his own head.
Every may-be hath a may-be not.
Every medal has its reverse.
Every meeting is the beginning of a good-bye.
Every miller draws the water to his own mill.
Every monkey will have his gambols.
Every mother's child is handsome.
Every mother-in-law is a piece of the devil's pants.
Every one basteth the fat hog, while the lean one burneth.
Every one bears his cross.
Every one can navigate in fine weather.
Every one counts for as much as he has.
Every one draws the water to his own mill.
Every one feels his own burden heavy.
Every one feels the cold according as he is clad.
Every one finds fault with his own trade.
Every one finds sin sweet and repentance bitter.
Every one for himself, and God for us all.
Every one goes with his own sack to the mill.
Every one has a fool in his sleeve.
Every one has his master.
Every one his own, is but fair.
Every one in his own house, and God in all men's.
Every one is a king in his own house.
Every one is a preacher under the gallows.
Every one is a thief in his own craft.
Every one is emperor on his own ground.
Every one is glad to see a knave caught in his own trap.
Every one is innocent until he is proved guilty.
Every one is wise after the event.
Every one is wise for his own profit.
Every one is wise when the mischief is done.
Every one likes justice in another's house, none in his own.
Every one must pay his debt to nature.
Every one must row with the oars he has.
Every one praises his own saint.
Every one preaches for his own saint.

Every one rakes the fire under his own pot.
Every one reaps as he sows.
Every one says: My right is good.
Every one sees his smart coat, no one sees his shrunken belly.
Every one should sweep before his own door.
Every one sneezes as God pleases.
Every one speaks as he is.
Every one speaks of the fair as he himself finds it.
Every one speaks of the feast as he finds it.
Every one takes his flogging in his own way.
Every one takes his pleasure where he finds it.
Every one thinks he has more than his share of brains.
Every one thinks his own a falcon.
Every one thinks his own cross heaviest.
Every one thinks that all the bells echo his own thoughts.
Every one to his equal.
Every one to his liking.
Every one to his own calling, and the ox to the plough.
Every one to his taste.
Every one tries to cross the fence where it is lowest.
Every passing hour wounds; the last hour kills' ( Posted under medieval sundials to remind people to enjoy life).
Every path has its puddle.
Every patient is a doctor after his cure.
Every peddler praises his own needles.
Every peddler speaks highly about his own needles.
Every pedlar praises his own needles.
Every pig has it Martinmas.
Every poor man has a dry throat and wet boots.
Every pot will find its lid.
Every potter praises his pot, especially if cracked.
Every potter vaunts his own pot.
Every priestling conceals a popeling.
Every promise is a debt.
Every raisin contains a pip.
Every reed will not make a pipe.
Every reproach against an accused man is contemptible.
Every road does not lead to Rome.
Every road has two directions.
Every road leads to Rome.
Every rock has its place.
Every rock strikes the feet of disabled goat.
Every rooster crows in its own pen.
Every rose has its thorn.
Every saint has his festival.
Every sandpiper praises his own swamp.
Every seed knows its time.
Every seller praises his wares.
Every sheep is hanged from its own leg.
Every sheep is hung by its own leg.

Every sheet has parted. Every hope has vanished.].
Every shop has its trick.
Every shot does not bring down a bird.
Every sickness begins in the stomach.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every smart man is an ignoramus who abuses his ignorance.
Every soil does not bear the same fruit.
Every source flows to the sea.
Every stick has two ends.
Every stone conceals a lurking scorpion.
Every story has two sides and every song has twelve versions.
Every suitor is not a heart breaker.
Every sun has to set.
Every tale can be told in a different way.
Every tear has a smile behind it.
Every ten years one man has need of another.
Every thing is best when new, a friend and wine are best when old.
Every time history repeats itself the price goes up.
Every time the sheep bleats it loseth a mouthful.
Every to-morrow brings its bread.
Every trade has its value.
Every tree casts shadow on its own bottom.
Every tree feels the force of the wind.
Every truth is not good to be told.
Every tub must stand on its own bottom.
Every vegetable has its time.
Every vine must have its stake.
Every virtue is but halfway between two vices.
Every why has its wherefore.
Every wind does not shake down the nut.
Every wind is against a leaky ship.
Every wise man is afraid of a fool.
Every wise woman builds her house: but the fool plucks it down with her hands. Proverbs 14.-1.
Every woman needs two men -- one to be married to and the other to compare.
Every woman would rather be handsome than good.
Every word has a place and every dot a coordination.
Every worm has its hole.
Everybody has a hump when he stoops.
Everybody has a name, but not always the same luck with it.
Everybody is the architect oh is own fortune.
Everybody is the smith of his own happiness.
Everybody is wise after the thing has happened.
Everybody knows best where his own shoe pinches.
Everybody knows good counsel except he who has need of it.
Everybody knows good counsel except him that has need of it.
Everybody knows good counsel except him who has need of it.
Everybody loves a fool, but nobody wants him for a son.
Everybody loves a lord.
Everybody must live.
Everybody says it, nobody knows it.
Everybody's busy is nobody's business.
Everybody's companion is nobody's friend.
Everybody's friend is true to none.
Everybody's friend or nobody's friend, is all one.
Everybody's friend, everybody's fool.
Everybody's friend, nobody's friend.
Everybody's friends and nobody's friend is all one.
Everyday living is life lessons. by Allen Zimama.
Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work.
Everyone admires his own character.
Everyone and everything has a meaning and position to fill in life.

Everyone blames his memory, but never his judgement.
Everyone can navigate in fine weather.

These are Proverb Examples from around the world, some have been translated from their original language to english.


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