Famous Proverbs
63 Proverbs about Trade
1.
Seven trades but no luck.2.
He who cannot speak well of his trade does not understand it.3.
There are no foolish trades, there are only foolish people.4.
Trade follows the flag.5.
Trade knows neither friends or kindred.6.
A good trade will carry farther than a thousand florins.7.
A huckster who cannot pass off mouse-turd for pepper, has not learned his trade.8.
Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of gentleman, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade; of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury.9.
Many trades, begging the best.10.
Millers, tailors, and weavers are not hanged, or the trade would soon be extinct.