Proverbs and old sayings, page 322

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Literal meaning: The people's lord is their servant.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

It may be a fire today -- tomorrow it will be ashes.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

Give a man some cloth and he'll ask for some lining.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Ask for your wife's advice and then do the opposite.

Proverbs and old sayings about advice, wife

Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly on a dunghill.

Proverbs and old sayings about arrogance

Had the monkey seen its ass, it wouldn't have danced.

Proverbs and old sayings

The wound of words is worse than the wound of swords.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

Closer than the closeness of the teeth to the tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings

Men learn little from success, but much from failure.

Proverbs and old sayings about failure, success, man

He beat me and cried, and went before me to complain.

Proverbs and old sayings

A woman's belly is a garden with many kinds of fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings about garden, woman

Like the man who shields himself with a spiders home.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, man

If destiny does not fit you, fit yourself to destiny.

Proverbs and old sayings about destiny, contentment

The man and his woman is like the grave and its dead.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman, man

A grateful dog has more worth than an ungrateful man.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Literal meaning: The fisherman is the shark's friend.

Proverbs and old sayings

Complaining to someone other than God is disgraceful.

Proverbs and old sayings about god

Your relations are more deserving of your generosity.

Proverbs and old sayings about generosity

What can an old harlot do but repent of her misdeeds?

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

A monkey that amuses me is better than a deer astray.

Proverbs and old sayings