Title: Dumpy proverbs
Author: Honor C. Appleton
Release date: February 14, 2008 [eBook #24610]
Most recently updated: January 3, 2021
Language: English
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![]() I.Opportunity makes the thief. | Dumpy ProverbsBYHonor C. AppletonILLUSTRATEDIN COLOURS LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS 1903 |
Don't stop the plough to catch a mouse. |
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| II.Conscience makes cowards of us all. |
III.Disobedience brings its own reward. |
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| Time and tide wait for no man. |
You need not cry over spilt milk. |
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| I.Fine feathers make fine birds. |
II.Look before you leap. |
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| III.Those that laugh last, laugh longest. |
Let sleeping dogs lie. |
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| A miss is as good as a mile. |
I.Pride comes before a fall. |
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| II.There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip. |
III.It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good. |
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| A watched pot never boils. |
A stitch in time saves nine. |
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| I.Barefooted men should not tread upon thorns. |
II.Experience makes a man wise. |
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| Misfortunes never come singly. |
You cannot catch birds by throwing stones at them. |
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| I.Where there's a will there's a way. |
II.Appearances are deceitful. |
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| The longest way round is the shortest way home. |
Kissing goes by favour. |
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