Proverbs and old sayings, page 433

43574 proverbs and old sayings

It's better that it should make you sick than that you don't eat it at all.

Proverbs and old sayings Catalan about contentment

A whore in spring, a nun in autumn.

Proverbs and old sayings about autumn, spring

The best word is the unspoken word.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

At a wedding a bride eats the least.

Proverbs and old sayings about marriage

In times of famine no bread is stale.

Proverbs and old sayings

If all else fails, sleep with your mother.

Proverbs and old sayings about sleep, mother

Where the girls are there are no spider's webs.

Proverbs and old sayings

There is always lots of time to die and to pay.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, time

A mother-in-law made of sugar, still tastes bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings about bitter, law, mother

Talking of an old debt always starts another quarrel.

Proverbs and old sayings about talking, old, olderness

Dancing at the carnival, baptizing on All Saints Day.

Proverbs and old sayings about saints, day

Women and cats in the house, men and dogs in the street.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, house, man

The musician who is paid in advance does not play so well.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who maligns you in your absence is afraid of your presence.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

A peasant between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

Proverbs and old sayings about peasantry, fishing

Show me your wife and I will tell you what kind of a husband she has.

Proverbs and old sayings about husband, wife, contentment

A mother-in-law may be good, but she is better when mother earth covers her up.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother, earth, law, good, good luck

Say only a little but say it well.

Proverbs and old sayings

A little help is better than a lot of pity.

Proverbs and old sayings about help

Have a vision not clouded by fear.

Proverbs and old sayings Cherokee about vision, fear