Famous Proverbs
858 Proverbs about Long / Page 23
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 You may preach ever so long to the wolf, he will nevertheless call for the lamb before night.
 You may preach ever so long to the wolf, he will nevertheless call for the lamb before night.222.
 You must knock a long while against an alder-bush before you get a swarm of bees out of it.
 You must knock a long while against an alder-bush before you get a swarm of bees out of it.223.
 You must walk a long while behind a wild goose before you find an ostrich feather.
 You must walk a long while behind a wild goose before you find an ostrich feather.224.
 All are not cooks who wear long knives.
 All are not cooks who wear long knives.225.
 Creaking carts last the longest.
 Creaking carts last the longest.226.
 Geese are plucked as long as they have any feathers.
 Geese are plucked as long as they have any feathers.227.
 He lives long who lives well.
 He lives long who lives well.228.
 He that's long a giving, knows not how to give.
 He that's long a giving, knows not how to give.229.
 He waits long that waits for another main's death.
 He waits long that waits for another main's death.230.
 If he waits long enough the world will be his own.
 If he waits long enough the world will be his own.