Famous Proverbs
692 Proverbs about Want / Page 22
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If you want to annoy the devil stay silent.212.
If you want to drown yourself, don't torture yourself with shallow water.213.
He who wants to be a dragon must eat many little snakes.214.
If a rat wants to die it bites a cat's tail.215.
If you don't want to be cheated, ask the price at three shops.216.
If you want dinner, don't insult the cook.217.
If you want to go up in the world, veil ambition with the forms of humanity.218.
It is no good going to the river just wanting to catch a fish; you have to take a net as well.219.
Lazy people always want to do everything at the same time.220.
Never do anything that you want to remain a secret.