A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages, and a Complete Alphabetical IndexG. Bell and sons, 1899 - 583 pages |
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... horse alone . Span . Quien solo còme su gallo , solo ensille su cavallo . Eat to live , but do not live to eat . You cannot hide an eel in a sack . Good to begin well , better to end well . In the end things will mend . He that endureth ...
... horse alone . Span . Quien solo còme su gallo , solo ensille su cavallo . Eat to live , but do not live to eat . You cannot hide an eel in a sack . Good to begin well , better to end well . In the end things will mend . He that endureth ...
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... horse thinks one thing , and he that rides him another . Lend thy horse for a long journey , thou mayest have him return with his skin . All things are soon prepared in a well - ordered house . The foot on the cradle , and hand on the ...
... horse thinks one thing , and he that rides him another . Lend thy horse for a long journey , thou mayest have him return with his skin . All things are soon prepared in a well - ordered house . The foot on the cradle , and hand on the ...
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... horse . Mills and wives are ever wanting . The mill cannot grind with the water that is past . The abundance of money ruins youth . The skilfullest without money is scorned . He that hath money in his purse cannot want a head for his ...
... horse . Mills and wives are ever wanting . The mill cannot grind with the water that is past . The abundance of money ruins youth . The skilfullest without money is scorned . He that hath money in his purse cannot want a head for his ...
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... horse is lost , for want of a horse the rider is lost . War is death's feast . Who preacheth war is the devil's chaplain . War makes thieves , and peace hangs them . Fr. Ital . War , hunting , and law , are as full of trouble as ...
... horse is lost , for want of a horse the rider is lost . War is death's feast . Who preacheth war is the devil's chaplain . War makes thieves , and peace hangs them . Fr. Ital . War , hunting , and law , are as full of trouble as ...
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... horse . Ital . or thus ; He that lets his horse drink at every lake , And his wife go to every wake , Shall never be without a whore and a jade . Wife and children are bills of charges . The cunning wife makes her husband her apron ...
... horse . Ital . or thus ; He that lets his horse drink at every lake , And his wife go to every wake , Shall never be without a whore and a jade . Wife and children are bills of charges . The cunning wife makes her husband her apron ...
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