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He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about sin

Presumption first blinds a man, and then sets him a running.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man

No man has a worse friend than he brings with him from home.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about home, man

War appears pleasant to those who have never experienced it.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about war

He who cannot conceal his sentiments, knows not how to live.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

They marry under bad auspices who marry in the month of May.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about bad luck, bad

He is the best gentleman, who is the son of his own deserts.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about contentment

Him whom Jove would destroy he first deprives of his reason.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about destruction, reason

In the very act of committing an offence. [Taken red handed. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Courts grant not their favours as men are good and deserving.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man, good, good luck

Fain would the cat fish eat, But she is loth to wet her feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about fishing

In vain does a man possess property if he makes no use of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about use, man

Whilst standing he holds one opinion, whilst sitting another.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about opinion

To have been silent never does harm, but to have spoken does.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The goodwill accompanying the gift is the best portion of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about gifts

An industrious life is the best security for food in old age.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about security, olderness, food, age, life, old

Whatever you undertake let it be proportioned to your powers.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about contentment

Help him who is willing to work, not him who shrinks from it.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about help, work

We lose the certain things, while we seek the uncertain ones.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about things