Famous Proverbs
57 Proverbs about Bene
1.
Horses run after benefices and asses get them.2.
The benefice must be taken with its liabilities.3.
Upbraiding makes a benefit an injury.4.
Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of gentleman, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade; of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury.5.
Ingratitude sickens benevolence.6.
A small benefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.7.
A light supper is beneficial.8.
Every innovation startles us more by its novelty than it benefits us by its utility.9.
The gifts of fortune do not always benefit us.10.
The memory of a benefit vanisheth, but the remembrance of an injury sticketh fast in the heart.