Cowardice, Crime and Cross : Proverbs





Key-Words Based Proverbs



Cowardice :



  • Cowards die many times before their death.



  • Of cowards no history is written.



  • He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day.



  • A bully is always a coward.



  • He that forecasts all perils will never sail the sea.



  • Put a coward to his mettle and he'll fight the devil.



  • It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.



    • Crime :



  • Stolen waters are sweet.



  • He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.



  • Crimes are made secure by great crimes.



  • He that brings up his son to nothing breeds a thief.



  • The back door robs the house.



    • Cross :



  • Cross your bridges when you come to them.



  • No cross, no crown.



  • The cross that our own hands fashion is the heaviest cross of all.



  • A proved man hath many crosses.



  • Crosses are ladders to heaven.











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