Famous Proverbs
141 Proverbs about Table / Page 8
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Every vegetable has its time.72.
At table keep short hand; in company keep a short tongue.73.
When a soup is unpalatable, and the paste of the pounded yam that goes with it is not smooth, that is the time to know a man who loves to eat pounded yam.74.
When a woman prepares a dish which others find unpalatable, she says that she prepared it to suit her own taste.75.
It's too late to close the stable door after the horse has escaped.76.
It's too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted.77.
To be uncertain is uncomfortable, but to be certain is ridiculous.78.
Great birth is a very poor dish at table.79.
Who depends upon another man's table often dines late.80.
It is too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted.