Famous Proverbs
86 Proverbs about Third / Page 4
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Boldness in business is the first, second, and third thing.32.
Let a wrong-doing repeat itself at least three times: the first may be an accident, the second a mistake, but the third is likely to be intentional.33.
Treat your guest as a guest for two days -- then on the third day give him a hoe.34.
If your neighbor visits Mecca once, watch out for him. If he makes a second visit, you had better avoid him. After the third visit you had better move to another street.35.
A woman talks to one man, looks at another, and thinks about a third.36.
When there are two in a lawsuit only a third will profit from it.37.
Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.38.
Hope is an egg, of which one man gets the yolk, another the white, and a third the shell.39.
The third time someone tries to put a saddle on you, you should admit you're a horse.40.
Fish must swim three times: once in the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach.