Famous Proverbs
264 Proverbs about Lack / Page 15
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When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing.142.
Black goats must be caught early, before it gets dark.143.
Death is a black camel that lies down at every door. Sooner or later you must ride the camel.144.
Gratitude ranks as the least of virtues, and the lack of gratitude is the worst of vices.145.
He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life's pleasures is like a blacksmith's bellows. He breathes, but does not live.146.
It is difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room -- especially if the cat isn't there.147.
Often the best way of giving oneself what one lacks is to take from oneself what one has.148.
The poor lack much, but the greedy lack more.149.
The scholar knows what she lacks knowledge of.150.
The tulip is, among flowers, what the peacock is among birds. A tulip lacks scent, a peacock has an unpleasant voice. The one takes pride in its garb, the other in its tail.