Proverb Quotations

Three women, three geese, and three frogs, make a fair

The eye is the mirror of the soul.

The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it

The price of a laugh is too high, if it is raised at the expense of another

May your trouble be like the old man's teeth - few and far between

One hour's sleep before midnight is better than three after it

If they say you are good, ask you self if it be true

He who oweth is all in the wrong

It is better to travel than to arrive

Too much zeal is a bad soldier who fires before the word of command

Trust not a new friend nor an old enemy.

Those who have never tasted bitter, do not appreciate the taste of sugar.

Better a lie which heals than a truth which wounds.

Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine

The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine

A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts

Some things are better praised by silence than by remark

A woman's tongue wags like a lamb's tail

A woman is to be from her house three times; when she is christened, married and buried

A market is three women and a goose

As solid as the ground we stand on

A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay but a swarm in July is not worth a fly

Every tub smells of the wine it holds

He that speaks truth must have one foot in the stirrup.

A hangman is a good trade, he doth his work by daylight

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