A bird of Unmindfulness flutters o'er ale feasts.
Proverbs and old sayings
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You don't have to put out the fire when all is ash.
Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade, contentment
A man who has his feet hacked off cannot scurry far.
Proverbs and old sayings about man
Tell not ever an evil man if misfortunes thee befall.
Proverbs and old sayings about man
The shame you cannot lift away, you had better let lie.
Proverbs and old sayings about shame, lie, contentment
At every door-way, ere one enters, one should spy round.
Proverbs and old sayings
To be without silver is better than to be without honor.
Proverbs and old sayings
Happy is he who hath in himself praise and wisdom in life.
Proverbs and old sayings about praise, happiness, wisdom, life
One who sees his friends roasted on a spit tells all he knows.
Proverbs and old sayings
A righteous man by praise will render thee firm in favor and love.
Proverbs and old sayings about praise, love, man
Seek not ever to draw to thyself in love-whispering another's wife.
Proverbs and old sayings about wife, love
Whim rules the child, and weather the field, each is open to chance.
Proverbs and old sayings about rules, chance, weather, children
Rejoice not ever at tidings of ill, but glad let thy soul be in good.
Proverbs and old sayings about soul, good, good luck
Many a sweet maid when one knows her mind is fickle found towards men.
Proverbs and old sayings about mind, man
Never in speech with a foolish knave shouldst thou waste a single word.
Proverbs and old sayings about waste, word
Let him speak soft words and offer wealth who longs for a woman's love.
Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, word, woman, love
A lying tongue had bereft him of life, and all without reason of right.
Proverbs and old sayings about lie, reason, rightness, life
Be never the first with friend of thine to break the bond of fellowship.
Proverbs and old sayings
Care shall gnaw thy heart if thou canst not tell all thy mind to another.
Proverbs and old sayings about mind, heart
Much pressed is he who fain on the hearth would seek for warmth and weal.
Proverbs and old sayings
