Proverbs and old sayings, page 711

43575 proverbs and old sayings

The idiot who has his eye on your wife is like a blood sucking fly.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about blood, wife

Making money selling manure is better than losing money selling musk.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about money

If you are wise, look after your house; love your wife without alloy.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about wife, home, house, love, contentment

Put a rope around your neck and many will be happy to drag you along.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about happiness, contentment

When I hear you, I believe you. When I see what you do, I'm surprised.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about faith, contentment

Cover up the good you do -- do like the Nile and conceal your sources.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about good, good luck, contentment

Believe the liar up to the door of his house and no further than that.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about faith, home, house

Your friend chooses pebbles for you and your enemy counts your faults.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about enemies, contentment

The marksman hitteth the mark partly by pulling, partly by letting go.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian

He whose house is made out of glass, shouldn't throw stones at people.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about home, house, people

I am talking to you, daughter-in-law, so that you could hear it, neighbor.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about talking, law, contentment

Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about dignity, proudness, man

If you have to drag a dog to the hunt, neither he nor his hunting is any good.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about good, good luck, contentment

If you put a rope around your neck, many people will be glad to drag you by it.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about people, contentment

Be patient with a bad neighbor. Maybe he'll leave or a disaster will take him out.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about disaster, bad luck, bad

If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about wealth, money, contentment

That which is said in your heart, let it be realized by springing up spontaneously -

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about heart

The woman who does not covet the possessions of her husband is in love with another man.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about husband, woman, love, man

When you're at the dealing table, always look for the sucker-- and make sure it isn't you.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about contentment

They couldn't find any reason to criticize the roses, so they complained that they were red.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about reason