Proverbs
A
book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
A bird in the hand is worth two in
a bush.
A
broken hand works, but not a broken heart.
A cat has nine lives..
A closed mouth catches no flies.
A country can be judged by the quality
of its proverbs.
A courtyard common to all will be swept by
none.
A dog is wiser than a woman; it does
not bark at its master.
A drink precedes a story.
A drowning man is not troubled by rain.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise
man sees.
A forest is in an acorn. |
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A
friend in need is a friend indeed.
A friend's eye is a good mirror.
A good denial, the best point in law.
A good husband is healthy and absent.
A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
A healthy man is a successful man.
A hedge between keeps friendship green.
A hen is heavy when carried far.
A
hound's food is in its legs.
A house without a dog or a cat is the house
of a scoundrel.
A
hungry man is an angry man.
A lie travels round the world while truth
is putting her boots on.
A little too late, is much too late.
A loan though old is not gift.
A lock is better than suspicion.
A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks
its man.
A man is not honest simply because he never had
a chance to steal.
A man may well bring a horse to the water,
but he cannot make him drink.
A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.
A monkey never thinks her baby's ugly.
A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows
all the corners.
A penny for your thoughts.
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