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English speaking countries | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: English Proverbs or Folk Sayings on Love -- Women*
o Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
o Beauty is only skin-deep. Or, Beauty is but skin-deep.
o Beauty draws more than oxen.
o Beauty lies in a lover's eyes.
o Beauty won't make the kettle boil.
o Every Jack has his Jill (Meaning: There's someone for everyone somewhere.).
o Every Jack has his Jill; if only they can find each other.
o Faint of heart never won fair lady. Or, Faint heart never won fair lady. (Meaning: Cowards don't get pretty women. And/or those who don't have courage don't get ahead).
o A fair face may hide a foul heart.
o The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
o A good Jack makes a good Jill.
o Goodness is better than beauty.
o Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned (which is merely a spark compared to the Sun as a measure of the power of God's wrath)
o Witches and harlots come out at night.
o A woman is like a cup of tea; you'll never know how strong she is until she boils.
o A woman's will is God's will (Meaning: that which a woman wishes, God wishes.)
o Women are like different brews of Coffee. Each one of them has her own Aroma and her own way of tantalizing the taste buds. Yet neither is better or worst than either of them, but the one that stands out for you is only a matter of acquired taste.
o Women are mysteries to men, but are wise to each other.
o A worthy woman is far more precious than jewels, strength and dignity are her clothing. [Old Testament]
o You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.
*For English proverbs or folk sayings on love that are not gender specific see "Italy Revisited/Folk Sayings on Love/Around the World." | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #3g09663r
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English speaking countries | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: English Proverbs or Folk Sayings on Marriage -- Women*
o All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?
o A big wife and a big barn will never do a man harm.
o Discreet wives have neither eyes nor ears.
o Every Jack has his Jill (Meaning: There's someone for everyone somewhere.).
o Every Jack has his Jill; if only they can find each other.
o Faint of heart never won fair lady (Meaning: Cowards don't get pretty women. And/or those who don't have courage don't get ahead).
o The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
o Happy wife, happy life.
o Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.
o Heaven had no rage like love to hatred turned, nor Hell a fury like a woman scorned.
o Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned (which is merely a spark compared to the Sun as a measure of the power of God's wrath)
o If loving her would be a sin, I wish to sin for the rest of my life.
o A mother-in-law is what you inherit when you marry.
o One hair of a woman draws more than a team of oxen.
o A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands.
o She that is born a beauty is half married.
o A son is a son 'till he gets him a wife; a daughter's a daughter all her life. Or, A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter's a daughter the rest of your life.
o "There are three faithful friends: an old wife, an old dog and ready money." [Benjamin Franklin]
o There is but one good mother-in-law and she is dead.
o Whoredom and grace ne'er dwelt in one place.
o Where the woman wears the beeches, she has a good right to them.
o Witches and harlots come out at night.
o A woman is like a cup of tea; you'll never know how strong she is until she boils.
o A woman's place is in the home.
o A woman's will is God's will (Meaning: that which a woman wishes, God wishes.)
o A woman's work is never done.
o Women are like different brews of Coffee. Each one of them has her own Aroma and her own way of tantalizing the taste buds. Yet neither is better or worst than either of them, but the one that stands out for you is only a matter of acquired taste.
o You can bear with your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?
o You cannot weld cake-dough to cast iron, nor a girl to an old man.
* For English proverbs or folk sayings on marriage that are not gender-specific see "Italy Revisited/Folk Sayings on Marriage/Around the world."
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English speaking countries | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Folk Sayings on Family -- Women*
o The apple doesn't fall far from the tree (Meaning: Like mother, like daughter).
o Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.
o Every mother's child is handsome.
o Every mother thinks her own gosling a swan.
o Experience is the mother of wisdom.
o The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
o "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." [Mae West]
o If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.
o If you love the children of others, you will love your own even better.
o It takes a village to raise a child.
o Like mother, like daughter.
o A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
o A son is a son 'till he gets him a wife; a daughter's a daughter all her life.
o Trust is the mother of deceit.
o A woman's place is in the home.
o A woman's work is never done.
*For folk sayings or proverbs from English speaking countries on "Family" that are not gender-specific see "Italy Revisited/Around the World/Folk Sayings on Family" | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #6348
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English speaking countries | | Date: Centuries old | Notes: English Folk Sayings and Proverbs on Aging -- Older Women*
o Age before beauty.
o The best broths are made in the oldest pots (Meaning: Older women are worth their weight in gold.)
o Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.
o Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs (Equivalent: You can't teach an old dog new tricks.).
o Experience is the mother of wisdom.
o She's no spring chicken.
o "There are three faithful friends: an old wife, an old dog and ready money." [Benjamin Franklin]
o A woman is as old as she admits.
o Women are like wine -- the older the better.
*For folk sayings or proverbs on "aging" from English-speaking countries that are not gender-specific see "Italy Revisited/ Folk Sayings on Aging/ Around the World."
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English speaking countries | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: English Proverbs or Folk Sayings on Fortune and Fate -- Women*
o A mutton dressed up as a lamb (An older woman who dresses too young for her age).
o A woman's place is in the home.
o A woman's work is never done.
o Every Jack has his Jill; if only they can find each other.
o The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
o Happy wife, happy life.
*For English proverbs or folk sayings on fate and fortune that are not gender-specific see "Italy Revisited/Folk Sayings on Fortune and Fate/Around the World." | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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English speaking countries | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Folk Sayings or Proverbs on Good and Evil -- Women*
o Beauty is only skin deep.
o God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. [Jewish proverb].
* For English proverbs or folk sayings that are not gender-specific see "Italy Revisited/Folk Sayings on Good and Evil/Around the World."
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English speaking countries | | Date: Centuries old | Notes: English Proverbs or Folk Sayings on Eating and Drinking -- Women*
o The best broths are made in the oldest pots (Meaning: Older women are worth their weight in gold.)
o Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.
o Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs (Equivalent: You can't teach an old dog new tricks.).
o She's no spring chicken.
o Women are like wine -- the older the better.
* For folk sayings from English speaking countries on eating and drinking that are not gender specific see "Italy Revisited/Folk Sayings on Eating and Drinking/Around the world."
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English speaking countries | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverbs or Folk Sayings on Death and Dying -- Women*
o Better to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.
o Gray hairs are death's blossoms.
* For English proverbs or folk sayings on death and dying that are not gender-specific see "Italy Revisited/Folk Sayings on Death."
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Spanish speaking countries | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Spanish Proverbs or Folk Sayings on Love -- Women*
o Beautiful women and good horses are lost by stupid people.
- Spanish original: A las mujeres bonitas y a los buenos caballos los echan a perder los pendejos.
o Beware of a woman with a bad reputation, but don't go putting your trust in a good woman either.
o Desire turns an ugly woman into a pretty one.
o Every woman has something of a witch about her.
o Four things put a man beside himself -- women, tobacco, cards and wine.
o The man who does not love a horse cannot love a woman.
o A melon and a woman are both hard to know.
o A mistress in a high place is not a bad thing.
o in English translation: A mule and a woman must be conquered with blows from sticks.
- Spanish original: A la mula y a la mujer, a palos se ha de vencer.
o No woman can make a wise man out of a fool, but every woman can change a wise man into a fool.
o No woman is ugly when she is dressed.
o The oaths of one who loves a woman are not to be believed.
o The only chaste woman is the one who has not been chased.
o in English translation: A rose too often smelled loses its fragrance.
- Meaning: A loose woman loses her charm.
o She is fond of greens who kisses the gardener.
o She who loves an ugly man thinks him handsome.
o Shut your door, and you will mkae your neighbour a good woman.
o Tell her she is handsome and you will turn her head.
o There is little use in watching a bad woman.
o Whoredom and thieving are never long concealed.
o in English translation (literally): A woman's pubic hair pulls more than a tractor.
- Meaning: The ability of women to get things in their favor due to their beauty and sexuality.
- Spanish original: Pelo de cuca jala mas que un tractor.
o Women, wind and fortune soon change.
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Spanish speaking countries | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Spanish Proverbs or Folk Sayings on Family -- Women*
o Children's love is like water in a basket.
o in English translation (literally): He who sleeps with kids wakes up with their piss. Or, Whom sleepest with children, waketh with their piss.
- Meaning: We have to accept how people are when we deal with them.
- Spanish original: Quien con minos se acuesta, meado se levanta.
o in English translation (literally): Those who go to bed with babies get up damp.
- English equivalent: Lie down with dogs and you wake up fleas.
- Spanish original: El que con ninos se acuesta, molido se despierta.
o Three daughters and a mother are four devils for a father.
o in English translation: A mother-in-law would be bitter even if made of sugar.
o Spanish original: Suegra ni aun de azucar es buena.
*For folk sayings or proverbs that are not gender-specific from Spanish speaking countries on "Family" see "Italy Revisited/Folk Sayings on Family/Around the World"
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