Famous Proverbs
24 Proverbs about Contain / Page 2
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The more sorrow one encounters, the more joy one can contain.12.
Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, while everything superfluous runs over as from a full container. Who knows much says least.13.
The most beautiful fig may contain a worm.14.
As long as you happen to put your hand in a container full of pickles, might as well dip your whole arm in the container.15.
Any wealth that takes only a market week to acquire is sure to contain in it things for which the gods will surely come to make claims.16.
The wise man shapes himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.17.
It would be a huge book that contained all the may be said in a day.18.
There is no book that contains absolutely nothing bad, and there is no book that contains absolutely nothing good.19.
The chest contains a beehive full of pride.20.
When a poor man gets lucky, nothing can contain him.