Proverbs and old sayings, page 704

43575 proverbs and old sayings

It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.

Proverbs and old sayings

Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.

Proverbs and old sayings about thieves

Hands that give also receive.

Proverbs and old sayings

Some go out to fleece and come back sheared.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who does not go to sea knows not how to pray.

Proverbs and old sayings about pray

When one is helping another, both gain in strength.

Proverbs and old sayings

There can be no true pleasantry without discretion.

Proverbs and old sayings

One never falls but on the side toward which one leans.

Proverbs and old sayings

When the treasure chest is open, even the just man sins.

Proverbs and old sayings about treasure, sin, man

The slanderer kills a thousand times; the assassin but once.

Proverbs and old sayings

The idle remarks of the rich are taken as maxims of wisdom by the poor.

Proverbs and old sayings about wisdom, wealth

The strong forgive, the weak remember.

Proverbs and old sayings Ecuadorian

Anger of the mind is poison to the soul.

Proverbs and old sayings Ecuadorian about soul, anger, mind

It's a fine sermon about fasting when the preacher just had lunch.

Proverbs and old sayings Ecuadorian about fasting

No matter if the child's born with a flat nose, as long as it breathes.

Proverbs and old sayings Ecuadorian about children

The devil's wiser more on account of his age than on account of being the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings Ecuadorian about devil, being, age, olderness

The attempt exceeds the ability of one, not of a multitude.

Proverbs and old sayings about ability

A person looks only on the outside of things; god looks into the very heart.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, things, heart, god

His opinions are like water in the bottom of a canoe, going from side to side.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

You lament not the dead, but lament the trouble of making a grave; the way of the ghost is longer than the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings about problems, contentment