Famous Proverbs
197 Proverbs about Main / Page 7
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A book that remains shut, is but a block.62.
A girl with a golden cradle doesn't remain long in her father's house.63.
If you gently touch a nettle it'll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an' as soft as silk remains.64.
The boat sails by, the shore remains.65.
If the main timbers in the house are not straight, the smaller timber will be unsafe; and if the smaller timbers are not straight, the house will fall.66.
Never do anything that you want to remain a secret.67.
The main road is an easy way, but everyone loves the side streets.68.
The main thing is that we can smile at our duties -- yes even at our suffering.69.
Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.70.
A boor remains a boor even if sleeping on silken pillows.