Old Sayings : C

Caesar did not merit the triumphal car more than he that conquers himself. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. - Julius Caesar (c.102-44 BC)
Can’t get blood from a stone. - unknown
Can’t see the forest for the trees. - unknown
Carve the peg by looking at the hole. - Korean (on appropriateness)
Change is inevitable - Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
Change yourself and fortune will change. - Portuguese (on fortune)
Character building begins in infancy and continues until death. - Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
Character is easier kept than recovered. - English (on character and virtue)
Character is habit long continued. - Greek
Charity begins at home. - Tobias George Smollett (1721-1771)
Charity covers a multitude of sins. - Bible (Peter 4:8)
Chickens don’t praise their own soup. - Martinican (on flattery and praise)
Children are a poor man’s riches. - English Proverb
Children have more need of models than critics.- French (on parents and children)
Choose the hills wisely on which you must do battle. - unknown
Choose to be forgiven. - unknown
Choose your neighbors before you buy your house. - Hausa (West African) (on planning)
Chop your own wood; it will warm you twice. - Mack King
Circumstances alter cases. - T. Rymer (1678)
Civility costs nothing and buys everything. - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762)
Clean your finger before you point at my spots. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades. - John Harvey MacDonald Jr. , Vietnam 1969
Clothes don’t make the man. - unknown
Clothes may disguise a fool, but his voice will give him away. - unknown
Clouds gather before a storm. - unknown
Clouds that thunder, do not always rain. - Armenian (on vanity and arrogance)
Cold hands, warm heart. - V.S. Lean (1903)
Come what may, time and hour runs through the roughest day. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Common sense is not so common. - French (on common sense)
Compete– don’t envy.- Yemeni (on jealousy and envy)
Confession is good for the soul. - Scottish Proverb
Conscience makes cowards of us all. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Constant dripping will wear away a stone. - Greek Proverb
Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. - Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Control your emotions or they will control you. - Chinese Proverb
Count your blessings. - unknown
Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the conquest of it. - William Danforth (1870-1955)
Courage is the complement of fear. - Lazarus Long, thanks to D. Housel
Cowards die many times before their death. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Creditors have better memories than debtors. - English (on business)
Curses like chickens, come home to roost. - Chaucer (c.1343-1400)
Curiosity killed the cat. - E. O’Neill (1888-1953)
Cut your coat according to your cloth. - John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Cutting off a mule’s ears doesn’t make it a horse. - Creole (on authenticity)