Not even the Lord of Light can turn back time, or undo what has been done.
Proverbs and old sayings about light, time
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There is nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.
Proverbs and old sayings about nothing, good, good luck, man
Who grudges his blood to a blade had better earn his living behind the plow.
Proverbs and old sayings about blood
Take care how you beseech the gods for a gift, for they will give it to you.
Proverbs and old sayings about gods, gifts, contentment
The mouse in the wall may look at a cat, but he is wise not to squeak about it.
Proverbs and old sayings
Where two women rule a hearth-fire, the thatch may burn with the sparks flying.
Proverbs and old sayings about rules, fire, fire brigade
If blood is spilt on you before breakfast, you will shed blood before nightfall.
Proverbs and old sayings about blood, contentment
If stupidity were a crime, half the human race would be hanged at every crossroads.
Proverbs and old sayings about stupidity, crime, criminals, human imperfections
The rain can only drown the mud-rabbit if he hasn't the wits to keep his mouth shut.
Proverbs and old sayings about rain
Put no faith in a drunkard's prophecy, another man's dog, or the weather at any season.
Proverbs and old sayings about prophecy, season, faith, weather, man
No man can make another's destiny and all the wishing in the world will not make it so.
Proverbs and old sayings about destiny, world, man
A rabbithorn cannot be a war-horse and will only become a laughingstock if he should try.
Proverbs and old sayings about war
You cannot forge a hammer from featherpod fluff, nor spin spidersilk from precious copper.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
No choice is ever wholly unregretted, each brings more joy and more sorrow than we can foresee.
Proverbs and old sayings about joy, sadness
While the mouse in the walls may look from afar at a cat, he does well not to go squeaking about it.
Proverbs and old sayings
The world goes as men make it go; and men are free to make it go otherwise, if they have the courage.
Proverbs and old sayings about courage, man, world
Who picks a tool unsuited to a task should not complain if it does no more than cut the hand that holds it.
Proverbs and old sayings about tools
The dead in heaven is too happy to grieve for indignities to his corpse; the dead in hell has too much else to grieve for.
Proverbs and old sayings about hell, happiness
If Candlemas day be sunny and bright, winter will have another flight; if Candlemas day be cloudy with rain, winter is gone and won't come again.
Proverbs and old sayings about flight, rain, day
Where the heart is willing it will find a thousand ways, but where it is unwilling it will find a thousand excuses.
Proverbs and old sayings about heart
