Famous Proverbs
264 Proverbs about Lack / Page 8
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A blacksmith has no need of an axe.72.
All poor people ain't black/ and all black people ain't poor.73.
If you want to keep something secret from black folks, put it between the covers of a book.74.
The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice.75.
Death is a black camel that lies down at every door. Sooner or later you must ride the camel.76.
Death is a black camel which kneels at every man's gate.77.
The frying-pan says to the kettle, "Avaunt, black brows!"78.
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.79.
In the house of a blacksmith the ornaments are made of wood.80.
Too many words blacken your ears.