Proverbs and old sayings, page 770

43575 proverbs and old sayings

If a man deceive me once, shame on him; but if he deceive me twice, shame on me.

Proverbs and old sayings English about shame, man

If you make songs about yourself, you can't blame other people for singing them.

Proverbs and old sayings English about people, contentment

The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Eat leeks in march, garlic in may, all the rest of the year the doctors may play.

Proverbs and old sayings English about rest

The brains of a fox will be of little service if you play with the paw of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings English about contentment

Red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

Proverbs and old sayings English about sky, night

The cat has nine lives: three for playing, three for straying, three for staying.

Proverbs and old sayings English

He that labours is tempted by one devil; he that is idle is tempted by a thousand.

Proverbs and old sayings English about devil

Everyone is weary: the poor in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning.

Proverbs and old sayings English about wealth, good, good luck

You will not rise to the occasion, you will default to the level of your training.

Proverbs and old sayings English about contentment

A fool can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor Hell a fury like a woman scorned.

Proverbs and old sayings English about hell, woman, love

Don't do all you can, spend all you have, believe all you hear, or tell all you know.

Proverbs and old sayings English about faith, contentment

The third time someone tries to put a saddle on you, you should admit you're a horse.

Proverbs and old sayings English about time, contentment

Take care of your pennies and your pounds will take care of your heirs and barristers.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Almsgiving never impoverished, stealing never enriched, and prosperity never made wise.

Proverbs and old sayings English about thieves, prosperity

A dimple in the chin, your living comes in; a dimple in the cheek, your living to seek.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Why worry? If you worry - you die. If you don't worry - you'll still die. So why worry?

Proverbs and old sayings English about worry, death, contentment

In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty.

Proverbs and old sayings English about prosperity

He that has no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning.

Proverbs and old sayings English about family