An ape is ne'er so like an ape/ As when he wears a doctor's cape.
Proverbs and old sayings
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Force is that which rules the actions without regulating the will.
Proverbs and old sayings about rules, force, police
He that is uneasy at every little pain is never without some ache.
Proverbs and old sayings about pain
We come and cry and that is life, we cry and go and that is death.
Proverbs and old sayings about death, life
An apple-pie without some cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze.
Proverbs and old sayings about kiss
Confess you were wrong yesterday; it will show you are wise today.
Proverbs and old sayings about bad, contentment
When someone is going downhill everyone likes to give them a kick.
Proverbs and old sayings
It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.
Proverbs and old sayings about prosperity
The patience of the hunter is always greater than that of the prey.
Proverbs and old sayings about hunters, patience
He who does not have common sense at age thirty will never have it.
Proverbs and old sayings about common sense, sense, age, olderness
Rule: Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with.
Proverbs and old sayings about poker, rules, people, contentment
There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give.
Proverbs and old sayings about nothing
If ifs and ans were pots and pans, there'd be no trade for tinkers.
Proverbs and old sayings about commerce
Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm.
Proverbs and old sayings about end
By bravely enduring it, an evil which cannot be avoided is overcome.
Proverbs and old sayings
Drink wine, and have the gout; drink no wine, and have the gout too.
Proverbs and old sayings about drinking, wine
Masters who sacrifice for servants will receive the gift of loyalty.
Proverbs and old sayings about sacrifice, gifts
Physicians' faults are covered with earth, and rich men's with money.
Proverbs and old sayings about earth, wealth, money, man
One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer.
Proverbs and old sayings about justice
A judge knows nothing unless it has been explained to him three times.
Proverbs and old sayings about judges, nothing
