Famous Proverbs
77 Proverbs about Owed / Page 2
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I bought the nettle, sowed the nettle, and then the nettle stung me.12.
We have not inherited this land from our ancestors; rather we have borrowed it from our children.13.
A kindness bestowed on the good is never thrown away.14.
It is not allowed in war to blunder twice.15.
He avoided the fly and swallowed the spider.16.
He who marries ill, is long in becoming widowed.17.
A borrowed horse and your own spurs make short miles.18.
Praise borrowed from ancestors is but very sorry praise.19.
Who runs is followed.20.
It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.