A friend by thee is better than a brother far off.
Proverbs and old sayings
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There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.
Proverbs and old sayings about promise
Peace is the well from which the stream of joy runs.
Proverbs and old sayings about joy, peace
Do not light a fire that you cannot yourself put out.
Proverbs and old sayings about light, fire, fire brigade, contentment
Every day good luck to thee, and no day of sorrow be.
Proverbs and old sayings about good luck, sadness, bad luck, day, good
Keep a thing seven years and you'll find a use for it.
Proverbs and old sayings about use, things, contentment
A man is known by the eye, and the face discovers wisdom.
Proverbs and old sayings about wisdom, face, man
He who would enjoy the fruit must not spoil the blossoms.
Proverbs and old sayings
Some of the sweetest berries grow among the sharpest thorns.
Proverbs and old sayings
The coroner and the lawyer grow fat on the quarrels of fools.
Proverbs and old sayings
The child that is left to himself will put his mother to shame.
Proverbs and old sayings about shame, children, mother
Even God cannot make two mountains without a valley in between.
Proverbs and old sayings about god
Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat.
Proverbs and old sayings about judges, wealth, heart
It is easy to straighten in the oak the crook that grew in the sapling.
Proverbs and old sayings
See that your own hearth is swept before you lift your neighbor's ashes.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
The bitter cup we strive to remove from us holds the medicine we are most in need of.
Proverbs and old sayings about medicine, bitter, need
Some people make things happen, some watch things happen, while others wonder what has happened.
Proverbs and old sayings about miracle, things, people
A church stone drops gold.
Proverbs and old sayings
The devil is fond of his own.
Proverbs and old sayings about devil
The hen's eyes are where her eggs are.
Proverbs and old sayings about eyes
