Famous Proverbs
264 Proverbs about Lent / Page 3
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He that would be ill served should keep plenty of servants.22.
He who knows nothing knows enough, if he knows how to be silent.23.
It is a sorry house where the hens crow and the cock is silent.24.
Lent, which seems so long, is short at other men's tables.25.
Plenty makes daintiness.26.
Plenty of words when the cause is lost.27.
When gold speaks every tongue is silent.28.
When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.29.
When there is little bread at table put plenty on your plate.30.
Who wishes for a short Lent let him contract debts to be paid at Easter.