Proverbs and old sayings, page 1260

43575 proverbs and old sayings

A great man will not trample on a worm, nor sneak to an emperor.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

He that shows his passion, tells his enemy where he may hit him.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies

A wise man and a fool together, know more than a wise man alone.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

Never reveal the bottom of your purse or the depth of your mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about mind

A cask of wine works more miracles than a church full of saints.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about miracle, saints, wine

Curses are like processions: they return to whence they set out.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

When the millers are making an uproar, do you tie up your sacks.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment

A wise person sometimes changes his mind, but a fool never does.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about mind, people

Who does not wish to be like the wolf let him not wear its skin.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wish

He who in under cover when it rains is a great fool if he stirs.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The mills of god grind slowly, yet they grind exceedingly small.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about god

God keep me from my friends, from my enemies I will keep myself.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies, god

A true friend, is one that will take a bullet for you in the war.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about war, contentment

Keep yourself from opportunities and God will keep you from sins.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about chance, sin, god, contentment

The more you stroke the cat's back the more set sets up her tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment

He is master of another man's life who is indifferent to his own.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about life, man

He who has teeth has no bread, and he who has bread has no teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Agree between yourselves, quoth Arlotto, and I will make it rain.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about rain

The ass does not know the worth of this tail till he has lost it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who gives bread to others' dogs is often barked at by his own.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian