While two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it.
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There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one.
Proverbs and old sayings English about bad luck, day, bad, good, good luck
Beware of the cat that licks from the front but claws from behind.
Proverbs and old sayings English
He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.
Proverbs and old sayings English about thinking
When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you.
Proverbs and old sayings English about promise, man, contentment
He who has carried the calf will be able by and by to carry the ox.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Learning makes a man fit company for himself as well as for others.
Proverbs and old sayings English about companies, man
He declares himself guilty who justifies himself before accusation.
Proverbs and old sayings English
It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
Proverbs and old sayings English about day, contentment
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Do not dwell in a city where a horse does not neigh nor a dog bark.
Proverbs and old sayings English about city
Of wine the middle, of oil the top, and of honey the bottom is best.
Proverbs and old sayings English about wine
Practice does not make perfect but a perfect practice makes perfect.
Proverbs and old sayings English about perfection
He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who will not.
Proverbs and old sayings English about man
Fools gawp at masterpieces - wise men set out to outdo masterpieces.
Proverbs and old sayings English about man
Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
Proverbs and old sayings English
A good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.
Proverbs and old sayings English about heart, good, good luck
Whatsoever was the father of the disease, an ill diet was the mother.
Proverbs and old sayings English about diets, mother
