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Proverbs
Anger
is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.
Anger without power is folly.
Appetite comes with eating.
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so
a fool returneth to his folly.
As proud as a peacock.
As sluttish and slatternly as an Irishwoman
bred in France.
As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar,
the truest lover may turn into the worst enemy.
As the big hound is, so will the pup
be.
As we live, so we learn.
Be neither intimate nor distant with
the clergy.
Beggars shouldn't be choosers.
Better give a penny then lend twenty.
Better late than never.
Better no doctor at all than three. |
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Better
the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
Better to light a candle than to curse
the darkness.
Better wear out shoes than sheets.
Beware of a silent dog and still water.
Black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love.
(About coffee.).
Blood is thicker than water.
Both your friend and your enemy think you will
never die.
Butter would not melt in her mouth.
Children are poor men's riches.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Children suck the mother when they are young and
the father when they are old.
Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight.
Climb mountains to see lowlands.
Clouds gather before a storm.
Commit
a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse.
Deal with the faults of others as gently
as with your own.
Death always comes too early or too late.
Death closes all doors.
Death pays all debts.
Do not be born good or handsome, but be
born lucky.
Do not blame God for having created the tiger,
but thank him for not having given it wings.
Do not look where you fell, but where you
slipped.
Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old,
yours will be new.
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