Famous Proverbs
4831 Proverbs about Ther / Page 173
1721.
There were once three brothers: a lie, theft and the gallows.1722.
Wisdom is easy to carry but difficult to gather.1723.
"Almost a hit," said the boy as he threw the stone at his dog and hit his stepmother's leg.1724.
"It is not for my own sake," said the fox, "that I say there is a good goose-green in the wood."1725.
A man has two ears and one mouth; he therefore should listen more than he talks.1726.
Don't sail out farther than you can row back.1727.
Fools are like other folks as long as they are silent.1728.
He who lets another sit on his shoulder will soon have him on his head.1729.
Hope is an egg, of which one man gets the yolk, another the white, and a third the shell.1730.
If there are no nightingales one must settle for owls.