Proverbs and old sayings, page 1680

43574 proverbs and old sayings

He that fights with silver arms is sure to overcome.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

He who has plenty of pepper will pepper his cabbage.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

A belly full of gluttony will never study willingly.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Our neighbour's ground yields better corn than ours.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

It is a dangerous fire that begins in the bed straw.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about fire, fire brigade

An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about man

I proud and thou proud, who shall bear the ashes out?

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about proudness

Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about heads

He who swells in prosperity will shrink in adversity.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about prosperity

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about heart

Cast no dirt into the well that hath given you water.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about water, contentment

He has need rise betimes that would please everybody.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about need

Every white hath its black, and every sweet its sour.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about magic

Never choose your women or your linen by candlelight.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Spare at the spigot, and let it out at the bung-hole.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

A good shepherd must fleece his sheep, not flay them.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about good, good luck

A good wife's a goodly prize, saith Solomon the wise.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about wife, good, good luck

When you spit against the wind you get a dirty beard.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about contentment