Famous Proverbs
503 Proverbs about Ding / Page 28
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If hunger forces a farmer in a particular year to eat both his yam tubers and the seed-yams, the succeeding years would still be worse because he would have no yams to eat and none to plant.272.
Birth is much, but breeding is more.273.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.274.
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.275.
A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.276.
A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.277.
God promises a safe landing but not a smooth passage.278.
You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.279.
A weapon that you don't have in your hand will not kill a snake. Looking for something can get in the way of finding it.280.
At her wedding, the bride eats the least.