Famous Proverbs
2262 Proverbs about Span / Page 167
1661.
An empty stomach will not listen to anything.1662.
An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.1663.
April and May make meal for the whole year.1664.
Ask for too much in order to get enough.1665.
At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy a monkey, and at eighty nothing.1666.
Beads about the neck, and the devil in the heart.1667.
Beauty and chastity are always quarreling.1668.
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.1669.
Better a good hope than a bad possession.1670.
Better a quiet death than a public misfortune.