Famous Proverbs
692 Proverbs about Want / Page 56
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The tortoise said it wants to box, but its hand is too short.552.
When a cat wants to eat its own kitten it accuses them of smelling like rats.553.
When a tortoise embarks on a journey he doesn't ask for directions, because he does not want his enemies to know where he's going.554.
If you want to catch a black goat you make haste before it's dark.555.
If you do not want anyone to know, do not do it.556.
Don't become a sheep unless you want to be a wolf's meal.557.
If you want to live to be old you need to start early.558.
If you want bread go to Agrigento, if you want pasta go to Licata, ask for money from the people in Aci, oil and sumac from the Terminesi.559.
In time you'll want what you had scorned.560.
Better to die and have something to leave than to live wanting.