Proverbs and old sayings, page 894

43575 proverbs and old sayings

Wedlock rides in the saddle and repentance on the crupper.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Man is the only mammal that can be skinned more than once.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

God visits us often, but most of the time we are not home.

Proverbs and old sayings French about home, time, god

So long as the wolf is captured the dog will bite his leg.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He who recovers but the tail of his cow does not lose all.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Grease a churl's boots and he'll say you are burning them.

Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment

Two sparrows on the same ear of corn are not long friends.

Proverbs and old sayings French

You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.

Proverbs and old sayings French about destiny, contentment

Save a thief from the gallows and he will cut your throat.

Proverbs and old sayings French about thieves

There is one who kisses, and the other who offers a cheek.

Proverbs and old sayings French about kiss

Slanderers are the devil's bellows, to blow up contention.

Proverbs and old sayings French about devil

He who sows the seed of discord works in the devil's barn.

Proverbs and old sayings French about devil

He that waits for a dead man's shoes may long go barefoot.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

A man who is afraid of suffering suffers from fear itself.

Proverbs and old sayings French about suffering, fear, man

A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the wing.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Rather a single grape for me than a brace of figs for thee.

Proverbs and old sayings French

There is no perfect marriage, for there are no perfect men.

Proverbs and old sayings French about perfection, marriage, man

When the devil says his paternosters he means to cheat you.

Proverbs and old sayings French about devil, contentment

Very hard times in the wood when the wolves eat each other.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A colt is good for nothing if it does not break its halter.

Proverbs and old sayings French about nothing, good, good luck