Lead a pig to the Rhine, it remains a pig.
Proverbs and old sayings British
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Ambition makes people scorn rustic living.
Proverbs and old sayings British about ambition, people
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Proverbs and old sayings British about commerce, man
A house well-furnished makes a woman wise.
Proverbs and old sayings British about home, house, woman
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
Proverbs and old sayings British
Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.
Proverbs and old sayings British about contentment
He that nothing questions, nothing learns.
Proverbs and old sayings British about nothing
A little body often harbours a great soul.
Proverbs and old sayings British about body, soul
The remembrance of past sorrows is joyful.
Proverbs and old sayings British about past
To be good tends to give absence later on.
Proverbs and old sayings British about good, good luck
No one ought to be judge in his own cause.
Proverbs and old sayings British about judges
Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
Proverbs and old sayings British
Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.
Proverbs and old sayings British about knowledge
Wipe wi' the water and wash wi' the towel.
Proverbs and old sayings British about water
The longest at the fire soonest finds cold.
Proverbs and old sayings British about fire, fire brigade
Long absence and guilt can change a friend.
Proverbs and old sayings British about guilt, change
Ye're very foresighted, like Forsyth's cat.
Proverbs and old sayings British
Poverty wants many things, and avarice all.
Proverbs and old sayings British about poverty, things
Better hand loose than in an ill tethering.
Proverbs and old sayings British
Do on the hill as you would do in the hall.
Proverbs and old sayings British about contentment
