Moderation in all things
Moderation means avoidance of excess. Do not go to extremes.
Proverbs with the word All
The love of money is the root of all evil
All kinds of wickedness and tribulation spring from the desire to become rich. Note that it is the love of money that is the root of all evil,... Read more →
He who denies all confesses all
If a person has something he wishes to conceal he can be so persistent in his expressions of innocence that his hearers become convinced that he... Read more →
Grasp all, lose all
Don’t be avaricious. If you are too greedy you will lose even what you already have. The dog in the fable was carrying a piece of meat across... Read more →
Custom makes all things easy
This means the same as practice makes perfect.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
We should not always be working. Unless we can enjoy some form of recreation, we become stale and our work suffers in consequence. I really... Read more →
All things are difficult before they are easy
When first we try to ride a bicycle we are quite sure that we shall never do anything but fall off, but as we go on practicing, the whole thing... Read more →
All that glitters is not gold
Do not judge a thing by its appearance. As another proverb reminds us, Appearances are deceptive. Why did you believe him? Why he said he... Read more →
All roads lead to Rome
Towards the end of the fourteenth century Chaucer wrote in a treatise on the astrolabe, an ancient astronomical instrument, that diverse paths... Read more →
All lay loads on willing horse
In the days when horses were much used for carrying burdens no their backs, the animals that gave the least trouble were given more work to do... Read more →