Dictionary of English World proverbs, letter V, adages, sayings, epigrams

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PROVERBS STARTING WITH - V -

Vainglory bears no grain.
Proverb, (French)

Vainglory blossoms but never bears.
Proverb

Vainglory blossoms, and bears no fruit.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Valour acquires strength by union.
Proverb, (Latin)

Valour even in an enemy is worthy of praise.
Proverb, (Latin)

Valour would fight, but discretion would run away.
Proverb

Vanity has no greater foe than vanity.
Proverb, (French)

Vanity is the sixth sense.
Proverb

Variety is pleasing.
Proverb, (Greek)

Variety is the spice of life.
Proverb, (American)

Various are the roads to fame.
Proverb, (Italian)

Varnishing hides a crack.
Proverb

Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord.
Proverb

Vengeance is slow, but stern.
Proverb, (Latin)

Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
Proverb

Venture all; see what fate brings.
Proverb, (Vietnamese)

Venture not all in one bottom.
Proverb, (Latin)

Venture not to defend what your judgment doubts of.
Proverb, (English)

Very good corn grows in little fields.
Proverb, (French)

Very hard times in the wood when the wolves eat each other.
Proverb, (French)

Vessels large may venture more,
But little boats must keep near shore.
Proverb

Vetches seem bitter to the full-cropped pigeon.
Proverb, (Italian)

Vexations, duly borne,
Are but as trials, which heaven's love to man
Sends for his good.
Proverb

Vice is learnt without a schoolmaster.
Proverb, (Danish)

Vice is most dangerous when it puts on the garb of virtue.
Proverb

Vice is nourished by concealment.
Proverb, (Latin)

Vice makes virtue shines.
Proverb

Vice ruleth when gold reigneth.
Proverb

Vices creep into our hearts under the name of virtue.
Proverb, (Latin)

Vicious as a tigress can be, she never eats her own cubs.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Victory has hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.
Proverb

Victory is not gained by idleness.
Proverb, (German)

Vile let him be who deems himself vile.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Viper produces viper.
Proverb, (Latin)

Vipers breed vipers.
Proverb, (Danish)

Virtue and a trade are the best portion for children.
Proverb

Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter.
Proverb

Virtue and valour rejoice in being put to the test.
Proverb, (Latin)

Virtue becomes a wife; beauty becomes a concubine.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Virtue consists in action.
Proverb, (Dutch)

Virtue flourishes in misfortune.
Proverb, (German)

Virtue in the middle, said the Devil, when seated between two lawyers.
Proverb, (Danish)

Virtue is its own reward.
Proverb, (Dutch, Latin)

Virtue is not knowing but doing.
Proverb, (Japanese)

Virtue is not left to stand alone.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Virtue never dies.
Proverb, (German)

Virtue never dwells alone, it always has neighbors.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Virtue never grows old.
Proverb

Virtue our leader, fortune our companion.
Proverb, (Latin)

Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Virtue subdues power.
Proverb, (German)

Virtue which parleys is near a surrender.
Proverb

Virtue would not go far, if a little vanity walked not with it.
Proverb

Virtue, which parleys, is near a surrender.
Proverb, (Latin)

Virtue: climbing a hill; vice: running down.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Virtues all agree, but vices fight one another.
Proverb

Virtuous for ten years is still not enough; evil for one day is too much already.
Proverb, (Chinese)

Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.
Proverb, (Japanese)

Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare.
Proverb, (Japanese)

Visit rarely, and you will be more loved.
Proverb, (Arabic)

Visit your aunt, but not every day of the year.
Proverb, (Spanish)

Visitors' footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick.
Proverb, (Bantu)

Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure.
Proverb, (Portuguese)

Vodka is the aunt of wine.
Proverb, (Russian)

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.
Proverb, (English)

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