Famous Proverbs
13 Proverbs about Boor
1.
A doctor and a boor know more than a doctor alone.2.
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.3.
There is nothing for which the boors pray so much to God as that the horses of the squirearchy may not die, for otherwise they would ride the boors with spurs.4.
"With all my heart!" says the boor, when he must.5.
"With great pleasure," says the boor, when he must.6.
A boor remains a boor, though he sleep on silken bolsters.7.
An egg is an egg, said the boor, and took the goose's egg.8.
The boor looks after a cent as the devil after a soul.9.
The nearest boor is the nearest kinsman when the calf lies in the ditch.10.
A boor remains a boor even if sleeping on silken pillows.