Famous Proverbs
613 Proverbs about Them / Page 52
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If the olive trees blossom in April, you'll have enough to collect them with barrels; if they bud in May, you'll have enough to fill a small measure; but if as late as June, you'll only be collecting handfuls.512.
Marriage and maids, don't suggest them because you'll be cursed.513.
Who has many comforts and does not use them, won't find a confessor who will grant him absolution.514.
Donkeys and women, beat them with a stick, to keep them at task.515.
Avoid doctors and always keep them far away.516.
Curses: like chaff, who throws them, catches them.517.
Justice and fire, keep them at arms length.518.
Justice and health, woe to the one who seeks them.519.
Freedom and health, who has them is rich and doesn't know it.520.
May waters drench peasants and lords or gentlemen, as many of them as it encounters.