Famous Proverbs
768 Proverbs about Ance / Page 21
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It is as much intemperance to weep too much, as to laugh too much.202.
Late repentance is seldom worth much.203.
Praise borrowed from ancestors is but very sorry praise.204.
Short pleasure often brings long repentance.205.
Sparrows should not dance with cranes, their legs are too short.206.
That may be soon done, which brings long repentance.207.
They brag most of their ancestors who are unworthy of them.208.
To circumstances and custom the law must yield.209.
When lazy horses begin to start, old women to dance, and white clouds to rain, there is no stopping them.210.
When the crane attempts to dance with the house she gets broken bones.