Famous Proverbs
362 Proverbs about Tone / Page 8
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The stone is hard and the drop is small, but a hole is made by the constant fall.72.
Whether the pitcher strike the stone, or the stone the pitcher, woe be to the pitcher.73.
The hunter in pursuit of an elephant does not stop to throw stones at birds.74.
A little stone may upset a large cart.75.
He does not live in this world that can skin a grindstone.76.
He who can sit upon a stone and feed himself should not move.77.
He who has a glass roof on his own house, must not throw stones at others.78.
It is dangerous to eat cherries with the great, they throw the stones at your head.79.
Keep your nose to the grindstone.80.
The millstone that lies undermost also helps to grind.