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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
   A burned child dreads the fire.
   Silks and satins often put out the kitchen fire.
   Many feathers made a bed.
   Many hands make light work.
   Vessels large may venture more but little boats should keep near shore.
   Tell the truth and shame the devil.
   Every cloud has a silver lining.
   Too many cooks spoil the broth.
   Pretty feathers make pretty birds.
   Rome wasn't built in a day.
   Never put off until tomorrow what you can do to-day.
   Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat.
   Wilful waste makes woeful want.
   Taking out of a meal-bag and never putting in soon comes to the bottom.
   Courage is half the battle.
   Discretion is the better part of valour.
   Stone walls do not a prison make nor iorn bars a cage.
   A watched kettle never boils.
   Never judge a man by his clothes.
   Look before you leap.
   The lazy man always blames his tools.
   Smooth water runs deep.
   A rolling stone gathers no moss.
   Where the tinker is the porringer comes through him.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Maria Prior

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Camagh, Co. Leitrim