Proverbs and old sayings, page 763

43575 proverbs and old sayings

It is at courts as it is in ponds; some fish, some frogs.

Proverbs and old sayings English about fishing

He that fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

Proverbs and old sayings English about fight, day

You should lie down with the lamb and rise with the lark.

Proverbs and old sayings English about lie, contentment

Wink at small faults unless you can cast the first stone.

Proverbs and old sayings English about contentment

Where god builds a church, the devil will build a chapel.

Proverbs and old sayings English about devil, god

We are all Adam's children, but silk makes the difference.

Proverbs and old sayings English about children

He hath good judgement that relieth not wholly on his own.

Proverbs and old sayings English about good, good luck

If every bird take back its own feathers, you'll be naked.

Proverbs and old sayings English about contentment

Craftiness must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.

Proverbs and old sayings English about clothes, truth

A life of leisure, and a life of laziness, are two things.

Proverbs and old sayings English about laziness, life, things

He who says what he likes will hear what he does not like.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.

Proverbs and old sayings English about affair, things

When everyone takes care of himself, care is taken of all.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Take heed of enemies reconciled, and of meat twice boiled.

Proverbs and old sayings English about enemies

Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason.

Proverbs and old sayings English about instinct, use, reason

He that laughs when he is alone will make sport in company.

Proverbs and old sayings English about sport, companies

If one sheep leaps over the ditch all the rest will follow.

Proverbs and old sayings English about rest

The beauty of things lies in the mind that contemplates it.

Proverbs and old sayings English about beauty, mind, things

A house built by the wayside is either too high or too low.

Proverbs and old sayings English about home, house

There is better fish in the sea than have ever been caught.

Proverbs and old sayings English about fishing