Famous Proverbs
1848 Proverbs about Roman / Page 182
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The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.1812.
Though thou hast never so many counsellors, yet do not forsake the counsel of thy own soul.1813.
Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher.1814.
Those that eat cherries with great persons shall have their eyes squirted out with the stones.1815.
If the adder could hear, and the blindworm could see, neither man nor beast would ever go free.1816.
Do not all you can; spend not all you have; believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know.1817.
Who has neither fools nor beggars nor whores among his kindred, was born of a stroke of thunder.1818.
The vine brings forth three grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of drunkenness, the third of sorrow.1819.
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes and but one tongue; to the end we should hear and see more than we speak.1820.
For want of a nail the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe the horse is lost; for want of a horse the rider is lost.