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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... rich . Deeds are fruits , words are but leaves . Deeds are males , and words are females . - Ital . I fatti sons maschi , le parole femine . Desires are nourished by delays . He loseth his thanks who promiseth and delayeth . Gratia ...
... rich . Deeds are fruits , words are but leaves . Deeds are males , and words are females . - Ital . I fatti sons maschi , le parole femine . Desires are nourished by delays . He loseth his thanks who promiseth and delayeth . Gratia ...
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... blow : i . e . Teach not all thy skill , lest the scholar over - reach or insult the master . He who revealeth his secret , maketh himself a slave . Arab . God help the rich , the poor can beg . PROVERBIAL SENTENCES . 17.
... blow : i . e . Teach not all thy skill , lest the scholar over - reach or insult the master . He who revealeth his secret , maketh himself a slave . Arab . God help the rich , the poor can beg . PROVERBIAL SENTENCES . 17.
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... rich , the poor can beg . Riches are but the baggage of fortune . When riches increase , the body decreaseth . For most men gross old before they grow rich . Riches are like muck , which stink in a heap , but spread abroad , make the ...
... rich , the poor can beg . Riches are but the baggage of fortune . When riches increase , the body decreaseth . For most men gross old before they grow rich . Riches are like muck , which stink in a heap , but spread abroad , make the ...
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... rich year . Anno di neve , anno di bene . Ital . A winter's thunder's a summer's wonder . Quand il tonne en Mars on peut dire helas . Fr. Drought never bred dearth in England . Whoso hath but a mouth , shall ne'er in England suffer ...
... rich year . Anno di neve , anno di bene . Ital . A winter's thunder's a summer's wonder . Quand il tonne en Mars on peut dire helas . Fr. Drought never bred dearth in England . Whoso hath but a mouth , shall ne'er in England suffer ...
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... rich ; set them rich , and they will grow poor . Remove them always out of a more barren into a fatter soil . The dunder clo gally ( affright ) the beans . Somerset . Beans shoot up fast after thunder storms . When elder is white , brew ...
... rich ; set them rich , and they will grow poor . Remove them always out of a more barren into a fatter soil . The dunder clo gally ( affright ) the beans . Somerset . Beans shoot up fast after thunder storms . When elder is white , brew ...
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