Famous Proverbs
1269 Proverbs about Port / Page 80
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To lather an ass's head is only wasting soap.792.
Walls sink and dunghills rise.793.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.794.
What the fool does at last the wise man does at first.795.
Whilst the tall maid is stooping, the little one sweeps the house.796.
Whilst we drink, prank ourselves, with wenches daily, Old age upon's at unawares doth sally.797.
Whither goest thou, Misfortune? To where there is more.798.
Wipe the nose of your neighbour's son, and marry him to your daughter.799.
Drink nothing without seeing it, sign nothing without reading it.800.
When the cat's away the mice will play.