A covetous man serves his riches, not they him. (2601)
A covetous woman deserves a swindling gallant. (2602)
A cow (or a cripple) may catch a hare. (2603)
A cow does not find its horns heavy. (2604)
A cow does not know what her tail is worth until she has lost it. (2605)
A cow from afar gives plenty of milk. (2606)
A cow gave birth to a fire: she wanted to lick it, but it burned; she wanted to leave it, but she could not because it was her own child. (2607)
A cow in a clout is soon out. (2608)
A cow in a parlour does best when it makes for the door. (2609)
A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden. Johnson (2610)
A cow is not ashamed because it cannot fly. (2611)
A cow is not called dappled unless she has a spot. (2612)
A cow is not oppressed by its own hump. (2613)
A cow may refuse to give to the milking jar but it cannot refuse to contribute to the cooking pot. (2614)
A cow must graze where she is tied. (2615)
A cow that has no tail should not try to chase away flies. (2616)
A cow that moos too often is not a dairy cow. (2617)
A coward always hides behind someone else after he has thrown a stone. (2618)
A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once. (2619)
A coward dies before the courageous dies. (2620)
A coward has no scar. (2621)
A coward is full of precaution. (2622)
A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight. Dryden (2623)
A coward never forgives. Sterne (2624)
A coward often deals a mortal blow to the brave. (2625)
A coward sweats in water. (2626)
A coward; a most devout coward; religious in it. Shakespeare (2627)
A cowardly crow died of old age. (2628)
A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites. Quintus Curtius Rufus (2629)
A cowardly hyena lived up to an old age. (2630)
A cowardly hyena lives longer. (2631)
A coward's fear can make a coward valiant. Owen Feltham, Resolves: Of Cowardice (1623) (2632)
A coward's fear maks a coward brave. Scotland (2633)
A cow-year, a sad year; a bull-year, a glad year. (2634)
A coxcomb begins, by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first of his profession. Colton (2635)
A coxcomb is four-fifths affectation and one-fifth vanity. Haliburton (2636)
A coxcomb is the blockhead's man of merit. La Bruyère (2637)
A coxcomb is ugly all over with affectation of a fine gentleman. Johnson (2638)
A crab does not beget a bird. (2639)
A crabbed knot must have a crabbed wedge. (2640)
A cracked bell can never sound well. var] A cracked bell should not be rung. var] A cracked bell will never be sound. var] A cracked bell can never sound well. (2641)
A cracked pot never fell off the hook. (2642)
A' cracks mamma be trew'd. Scotland (2643)
A crafty fellow never has any peace. (2644)
A crafty innkeeper at Ravenna lately cheated me. I asked him for wine and water; he sold me pure wine. Martial (2645)
A crafty knave needs no broker. (2646)
A crafty man 's ne'er at peace. Scotland (2647)
A craket bell will never mend. Scotland (2648)
A cram'd kyte inaks a crazy carcase. Scotland (2649)
A cramp in his body / in his stomach / in his guts / in his bowels / in his finger. Yiddish] A kramp im in layb / in boyakh / in di kishkes / in di gederem / in di finger. (2650)
A craw is nae whiter for being wash'd. Scotland (2651)
A crazy father and mother make sensible children. (2652)
A crazy man can be recognised not by his words, but by his actions. (2653)
A crazy vessel never falls from the hand. (2654)
A creaking cart goes long on the wheels. (2655)
A creaking door (o. gate) hangs longest. (2656)
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges. (2657)
A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence. Emerson (2658)
A creature undefiled by the taint of the world, unvexed by its injustice, unwearied by its hollow pleasures; a being fresh from the source of light, with something of its universal lustre in it. If childhood be this, how holy the duty to see that in its onward growth it shall be no other! (2659)
A credulidade dos tolos é o patrimônio dos velhacos. (2660)
A crença desencadeia a força para realizar. (2661)
A crença nos médicos, que falta nos sãos, sobeja nos doentes. (2662)
A Cresole - non v' è nè pan nè fregole (= briccioli). (2663)
A criação de mil florestas está contida numa bolota. Ralph Waldo Emerson (2664)
A criação e disciplina fazem costume. (2665)
A criação prossegue incessantemente por meio do homem, mas o homem não cria: descobre. Antonio Gaudi (2666)
A criado novo, pão e ovo; depois de velho, pau e demo. (2667)
A criança como o homem, e o homem como a criança, prefere divertir-se a instruir-se. Denis Diderot (2668)
A criança diz o que faz, o velho diz o que fez e o idiota o que vai fazer. (2669)
A criança é boa por natureza. A sociedade é que a corrompe. Rousseau (2670)
A criança que vive com a verdade aprende a ser justa. (2671)
A criança que vive com honestidade conhecerá o amor, a gratidão, a justiça, a felicidade e sentirá totalmente realizada como filhos dignos do amor Divino de Deus e da beleza natural Universal. (2672)
A criatividade consiste apenas em perceber o que já esta lá. Sabia que os sapatos direito e esquerdo só foram inventados há pouco mais de um século? (2673)
A criatividade consiste em descobrir o desconhecido. (2674)
A criatividade continua sendo o domínio da dúvida, da pesquisa, da crise, da fragilidade. Se você não ousa ir na direção do desconhecido, não poderá senão recriar o que já existe. (2675)
A crime eats its own child. (2676)
A cripple in the right road is better than a racer in the wrong. (2677)
A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind. (2678)
A critic is never too severe when he only detects the faults of an author. But he is worse than too severe when, in consequence of this detection, he presumes to place himself on a level with genius. Landor (2679)
A critic must accept what is best in a poet, and thus become his best encourager. (2680)
A critic should be a pair of snuffers. He is oftener an extinguisher, and not seldom a thief. (2681)
A critic was of old a glorious name, Whose sanction handed merit up to fame; Beauties as well as faults he brought to view, His judgment great, and great his candor too. No servile rules drew sickly taste aside; Secure he walked, for nature was his guide. But now, O strange reverse! our critics bawl In praise of candor with a heart of gall, Conscious of guilt, and fearful of the light; They lurk enshrouded in the veil of night; Safe from destruction, seize th' unwary prey, And stab like bravoes, all who come that way. Churchill (2682)
A crítica deve fazer-se a tempo; não há que se deixar levar pelo mau costume de criticar só depois de consumados os fatos. Mao Tse Tung (2683)
A crítica é fácil, (mas) a arte é difícil. (2684)
A crítica fundamentada, dependendo da sua recepção, poderá ser construtiva ou destrutiva. (2685)
A crítica não ensina a fazer obras de arte; ensina a compreendê-las. (2686)
A crítica só fere aquele que tem orgulho próprio. (2687)
A criticare son tutti bravi. (2688)
A crocodile's young one does not grow in one pond. (2689)
A crocodile's young one is that which is on its tail, (a child should follow his parent's instructions) (2690)
A crook in the forth is worth an earldom in the north. (2691)
A crooked cornstalk can have a straight ear. (2692)
A crooked log is not to be straightened. (2693)
A crooked log makes a good fire. var] A crooked log makes a straight fire. var] A crooked log makes a strait fire. (2694)
A crooked stick makes us know the carpenter. (2695)
A crooked stick will throw (o. have) a crooked shadow. Scotland (2696)
A crop is at the beginning. (2697)
A cross borne in simplicity, without the interference of self-love to augment it, is only half a cross. Suffering in this simplicity of love, we are not only happy in spite of the cross, but because of it; for love is pleased in suffering for the Well Beloved, and the cross which forms us into His image is a consoling bond of love. Fénelon (2698)
A cross-eyed Tsar, one-eyed ministers, blind subjects. (2699)
A cross-grained woman and a snappish dog take care of the house. (2700)