Sindhi Proverbs and Meaning

8/13/2019 Sindhi Proverbs and Meaning

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Bherumal Meharchand

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C.f. Who spends before he thrives, will starve before he thinks

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C.f. It is a silly fish that is caught with the same bait.

)8( )( .)9( . .)( .

! .C.f. Much ado about nothing.

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c.f. The prayer of the innocent is never unheard

)11( . . ....73).()12( . .

C.f. Willful waste makes woeful want


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C.f. Cleanliness is next to godliness!)15( ..)16(

. ...)17(

. .)18(c.f. Give him an inch and he will take an ell

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.)20()21( .)=(.)22(.)23()24( .

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C.f. I talk of chalk and you of cheese.

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C.f. One doth the blame another bears shame.

.)46( .)()()()()(.

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)48(:( )

C.f. Years know more than books.

)49( . )(. .)50( .-. .

C.f. Pigs grunt about everything and nothing.

.)()51( . ...

C.f. It is the last straw that breaks the camel,s back.

.)52( )( . ( ).().)53()=/()54( !


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C.f Crabbed age youth cannot live together.

.)57( . (

.)().)58( . . . ..)59( .)( .

C.f Cheese is cousin to Eve.

(60) ... ..)61( . ..)62( )(. )26)24..)63( . :.)64()=( )65( .

C.f. Procrastination is thief of time.

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... .)69( . .)(

.- .: : )(C.f Count not your chickens before they are hatched.

)70( . . ..C.f A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make drink unless hewill.

..)71( ..

.)72( . .C.f. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

)73( . )( . )( . . ..11An envious person waxes lean with the fatness of his neighbors.

.)74( . ..

(1) Itis easier to pull down than build.

(2) A friend is not so soon got as lost.

.)((75) ... :

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C.f Spare the rod and spoil the child.

)78( ....)79(.)80()81( ..)82(.)83(

(1) An oak is not felled with one stroke.

(2) If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

.)84( )( . :

.)85(C.f. Look not for musk in a dog-kennel.

)86( . / . ..)87( . . . . .)88( . . .. . ).( :.)89().( .)90(

C.f. He who would catch fish, must not mind getting wet.

)91( . .)92( . :.)( ).


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C.f Life is short, yet sweet.

.)93( . ..)94( . ).)61:.

C.f. All is well that ends well.

.)95( . ..)96(

C.f First come, first served..)97( )()(

.)( :.)98()(.)99(!)100( ..

C.f. Necessity never made a good bargain

.)101( ..C.f. Weigh right, and sell dear.

.)102( . .:

.)103(C.f. Misfortunes seldom come single.

)104( . .)( ... :.)105(

C.f Touch pitch and be defiled.

.)106(


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. :)107( .

C.f A good name keeps its luster in the dark.

.)108( . . .

. :.)109(.)110( .:

.. .)111( ..)112()=()113( .

C.f Money guilds our guilts

.)114()(

.)( ..C.f Where shall the ox go, but he must labor?

.)115( . .. .: .)116(

C.f It is not hood that makes the monk.

.)117( .=.. ..)( .C.f Appearances are not to be trusted.

.)118(


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)(. . . .C.f Sad hours seem long

.)119( )( . ...)120(

C.f A careless watch bids the thief to come in.

...)121( .: .)122(

C.f Among the people, Scoggin is a doctor.

.)123( )( ))124.. . . .:..)124()125().()126( .)127( .

C.f Seek and ye shall find.

.)128( .You dance in a net, and think nobody sees you.

.)129( )(. .-. ..)130(.)131(

A pebble and a diamond are alike to a blind man.

..)132( .


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C.f Theres a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will.

.)150( ..

.)151( )(:)152( . . ..)153( . . . . . :.)154(.)155(.)156(.)157( ).=(

C.f The goose is dead that laid golden eggs.

.)158( ... :

.)159().=(.)160( .

C.f. Fall not out with a friend for a trifle.

..)161(C.f. Provide against the rainy season.

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.)163(


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).-. ()( . ...

.)164( . :

)165( .C.f. A fool may give a wise man counsel.

.)166( . .C.f Good health is above wealth.

...)167(.

C.f Kill two birds with one stone.

)()168()(

C.f what matters it to a blind man that his father could see?

.)169( ..)170( . . .

. :)171()172( .

-. . . ))173.)( .

C.f. one doth the seath and another bath the scorn.

.)173(.(174) ..

C.f. Fire and water are good servants but bad masters.


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.-)175( - ( ).)176( .)177( )()178( .)179( .)180( .

C.f Upstart a churl, and gathered good, and thence did spring his gentle blood.

.)181( .. . ).)182 . .

C.f. Bad servant wound their servant is fame (Gay)

!)182( ...)183( :.)184(

C.f. Throw him into the Nile and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.

!)185( ..=)186( .

C.f. Great boast, little roast.

)187( .. .

C.f. Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.

.)188( .).(ExcessC.f. Too much of one thing is good for nothing.

.)189( . ...)190(


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C.f. A hungry man, an angry man.

.)191( . :.)192(

C.f. Hunger is the best sauce.

.)193( . :.)194()=(

C.f. Hungry men think the cook lazy.

.)195( .. ..)196( )()( ).145()(

C.f. Man proposes, God disposes.

.)197()( ..)198( . .

C.f. Ignorance is bliss.

..)199( :)200( ..--)201(

C.f. Chins without beards are better than beads without brains.

.)202( .)()203( . )(.)(: . . ..)204( .


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=. ..-. ..)205( .=.)206(.)207(.)208( ..)209(

C.f. Crooked by nature is never made straight by education.

.)210( .

. ..)211( )( .

. :)212( .)=()213( .)214( .)215( .( ).)216( . .=)117( .)218( .)219( .)220( . )=(

C.f. All saint without, all devil within.

.)221( .)( .177 :)222( . .)223(


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.)224(.)225(

C.f. A fair face may hide a foul heart.

.)226( .)(. . . :.)227(.)228(.)229( ..)230( ).=(.)231(.)(.)232( .-: :..)233(.)234(.)235( .... :)236(

C.f. Money has no blood relations.

.)237( . .. :.)238(.)239(

C.f. Union is strength.

.)240( .)(C.f. It is a good tongue that says no ill.


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.)241( ..C.f. Of an ill paymaster get what you can, though it be but a straw.

)242( )(! . . :)243( .

C.f.The blood of the soldier makes the glory of the general.

.)244(..C.f.Tow cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.

.)245( . ..C.f.The goat browses where she is tied.

.)246( . . .

C.f.The cow gives good milk, but kicks over the pail.

.)247( )( . !.(. ) .)248( . :

.)249(.)250(

C.f.Grasp no more than thy hand will hold.

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)252( .C.f. I taught you to swim and now you would drown me.

.)253( .)(C.f. Merry is the feast making till we come to the reckoning

.)254( . . :.)255( .

C.f. Wish is father to the thought

)256( . )( .

.)257( . ...)258(

C.f. Who steals a penny will steal a pound.

)259( . . (( . . ...)260( . :.)261()262( -)263(

C.f. (1) Good mind, good find

(2) Evil to him that evil thinks.

..)264(C.f. Walls have ears

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C.f. Hold with hares and hunt with hounds.

.)269( . . :)270( .

C.f. It is not the burden but the over burden that kills the beast.

.)271( . .C.f A clean hand wants no washing

.)272( ..C.f. A cracked bell can never sound well.

.)273( .)( C.f.A man must plough with such oxen as he hath.

.)274( .C.f. Do well, and have well.

)275( . )( . ..C.f. It is not lost that comes at last.

...)276(C.f. It takes two to make a quarrel.

.)(.)277(C.f. He gives twice that gives in trice.

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C.f. A little neglect may breed great mischief.

..)279( . :.)280(.)281(

C.f. Haste makes waste.

)282( )( . . ..!)283( . .)284( .

C.f. Conciliatory manners command esteem.

)285( ...)286( .

C.f. Great minds are easy in prosperity, and quiet in adversity.

.)287( .. .. .).(

C.f. The greatestwealth is contentment with little,

.)288( . -:. .

C.f. lightsuppers make long life days.

.)289( .)( . :.)290()291(

C.f. A nod for awise man, and a rod for a fool .

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...)293(C.f. Test and trybefore you buy.

.)294( ...)295( .

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..C.f. Gods millsgrind slow, but grind to powder..)297( .). (

C.f. Ill got, illspent.

..)298()299( / . .

C.f. Selfpreservation is the first law of nature.

)300( . . . :.)301(

C.f.(1) practicewhat you preach.)2( physician, heal thyself.

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.-C.f. Ingenuousshame once lost is never regained.

)305( . ).( :.)306(.)307( )(

( ) ...A diamond isvaluable, though it lie on a dung hill)308(..)309( ..)310( .

.features .. :.)311()=(

The child isfather of the man (words worth )

Childhood showsthe man.(Milton)

.)312( . ..C.f. He thatnothing question nothing learneth

..)313(. :

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])([He who depends onanother dines ill and sups worse.

.)317( )()( . .C.f A hired horsetired never.

.)318( ..Dry breads athome is better than roast meat abroad.

.)319( ( ) . ...

C.f. Go neither toa wedding nor christening without invitation.

.)320( . . :.)321():(

Set not yourhouse on fire to be revenged of the moon.

!)322( . . :.)323( .

C.f. The potcalls the kettle black.

.)324(.)( .

.)325(C.f. A badworkman quarrels with his tools.

.)326( . ..C.f. When thetree is fallen every one goeth to it with hishatchet.

.)327(


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).(. ..C.f. Make not thytail brander than thy wings.

.)328( .C.f. Better bellyburst than good drink or meat lost.

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C.f. A tiredtraveler must be glad of an ass, if he have anot horse.

.)331(..

.No one knows whatwill happen to him before sunset.

..)332(C.f. Every cook praises his own broth.

.)333( .. :

.)334(-)(.)335(.)336(

C.f. In ones ownsaddle one rides safest.

..)337(. :

.)338(He that cutshimself willfully deserves no balsam.

.)339( .!)340(

C.f. One mustfall down before a fax in season.

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:.)342(.)343(.)344().(

C.f. East orwest, home is best

.)345( . .)(

C.f. Every dog isvaliant at its own door.

)346( .)()347( . )348( ..)349(

C.f. Beware ofhim who regards not his reputation.

.)350( . ..C.f. Make haywhile the sun shines.

.)351( . .)352( . . ..)353( ...)354( )( :.)355( .)356( ..)357()358( .

Give me roastmeat, and beat me with the spit.

.)359(


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. :.)360()361( .

If it were notfor the belly the back might wear gold..)362( . .. :.)363()364( ...)365( . ..)366(

The voice of thepeople is the voice of God.

.)368( ..My son is my son,till he hath got him a wife; but my daughter ismy daughter all the days of her life.

)368( . . ).. (.Patch by patch isgood house-wifery, but patch upon patch is plainbeggary

.)(.)369(Penny and pennylaid up will many .

.)370( . !.)371( !.)372( ../.

C.f Hope well andhave well.

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.C.f Building andmarrying are great wasters.

.)376( .)(.)377(.)378(.)(

C.fAn ass that kicketh against the wall, receivesthe belowhimself

.)379( . .

.)380( .)( .

.)381().=(

C.f. Where a mandwells, he shall be sure to have a thorn-bushnear his door.

)382( . .)(.)383(

C.f It is wiserto run away when there is no remedy than to stayand die in the field foolishly,

.)384( ( )C.f where lightand air enter the doctor doesnt

.)385( . .)386( .

C.f An easy foolis a knaves tool.

.)387( ..)388()plough(.)389( ..121.)390( ...)391(


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)(.)392(.)393(

)1( Let yourtrouble tarry till its own day comes .

)2( Sufficientunto the day is the evil thereof .)394( . . . )( . )(..)395( )( . . .)396( .C.f A contendedmind is a continual feast .)397( . .)()(. .)398( .

The world is aladder for some to go up, and some down.

)399( . .

.)400(.)401( . .

C.f Those whomGods love, die young .

)402( . . . . (.)(/ ..) . .. :

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C.f Every dog hashis day .

)407( . . . ..)408( . .][.)409( /.)410( ..)411()412( .C.f. The wearerknows where the shoe pinches him)413( . . ..)414(

C.f. Every man tohis trade.

)415( . .)(C.f. That whichwill not be spun, let it not come between thespindle and the distaff.

)416( . .)( .)417( .)418( .=( .))419( .)420( . )421( .)(..)422()423( .

C.f. When you areat Rome, do as Rome does.

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C.f. A liar isnot believed when he speaks the truth.

)426( . )( . ..)427( :.)428(

C.f. A full pursenever lacks friends.

)429( . .)( . . .

)430( . .)431(God never sendsmouths, but he sends meat with them.

.)432( . . :.)433(

Fear is one partof prudence.(2(Fearbegets care.

.)434( . . .

)435( .)436( . .)437( . )438( . .Captain/ .)439( .)()(

It is not for aman in authority to sleep a whole night.

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C.f. Full many aflower is born to blush unseen, and waste itssweetness on the desert air (gray).

.)441( . ...)442(

C.f. He that runsfast will not run long.

)443( . . ...((C.f. give the catthe cream to keep.

.)444( ).(. .

..)445(.)446(.)447()448( .)449( .]=[)450( ..)451(

C.f.(1) Such a father, such a son.

(2) A chip of the old block

.)452( ..)453( .

:.)454(.)455( . . :.)456(.)457( ..445. :


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.)458(C.f. Such is the tree, such is the fruit.

)459( . . ...)460( :.)461()462( ..].[.)463(

C.f. As you sow, so you must reap.

.)464( .. :)465( .

C.f. Six of one and a half dozen of the other.

...)466(.)467( .

C.f. High winds blow on high hills. :.)469(

C.f. Agreat ship have deep water.

.)470( .. ..)471(

.C.f. He sets my house on fire only to roast his eggs.

)472( . . . ..)473(][

One mans breath is another mans death..)474(


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...)475( . .

C.f While there is life there is hope.)476( . .. :)477( ..)478( . .)trough( .

: )479( .Nothing comes out of the sack, but what was in it.

.)480( ..)481( . .. :.)482(

C.f Sickness tells us what we are.

..)483( . :.)484(

He is unworthy to live, who lives only for himself.

.)485( .)(

C.f. Better the foot slips than tongue.

.)486( . . . :.)487(!-)488(

C.f All cats are alike grey in the night.

.)489(


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.)( . :.)490(

C.f No man is his crafts master the first day..)491( . :.)492( . .

C.f. Much coin, much care.

.)493(..God made the country, and manmade the town).()(

)494( . .)( )( . .15.C.f. Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but being in bear it that the oppose may beware of thee.

.)495( )( )( . :)496( .):()497( .

C.f (1)To quake at doing and sweat at eating.

(2) Be not fast to feast and leave to labor.

)498( ..)499( .

. . :.)500(

C.f Ask my companion if i am a thief.

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.)503():(.)504(.)505(!)506(

C.f Mad folks are not to be argued with.

..)507()508( ..)509(.)510(

C.f Even fools sometimes speak to the Purpose..

.)511( .282.Kindness is lost upon ungrateful man.

.)512( .Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.

)513( . .C.f. diseases are the tax on pleasure.

.)514( .][)515( ..)516(]=[.)517(.)518( .][.

C.f. out of sight, out of mind.

)519( . ][ ..Better one world in time than two afterwards.

.)520( .C.f. a guilty conscience needs no accuser.

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.!C.f. you fish fair and catch a frog.

.)522( .)523( .

C.f. saying and doing are two things.

..)524( ..)525( .)526( ..C.f boys will be boys.)527( .. .

C.f too much familiarity breeds contempt.

.)528( ..)529(.)530(

C.f the belly is not filled with fair words.

)531( . . ..][.)532(

C.f death always finds an excuse.

)533( . . .

C.f. give and spend, and god will send.

)534( . ][][ . ..)535( .


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.)536(.)537(.)538(.)539(

..)540( . ..)541(

Those who play with edged tools must expect to cut themselves

.)542( ][ ..)543( =[ ]

C.f. no gains without pains.

.][.)544(The chamber of sickness is the chaple of devotion.

.)545( .)(. )546( .

C.f Where there is a will, there is a way.

...)547(C.f Money is the sinew of love, as well as of war. :

.)548( =.)549( .

C.f. He winneth that waiteth.

.)550( ][ . .C.f Do what you ought, come what may.

.)551( ][ ..106.


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..)552(.)553( .

:.)554(

C.f What is an army without a general?

.)555( .)()556( ..)557( ][.=.=

C.f. Might overcomes right..)558( . .

C.f. He who is too wise, become a fool.

..)559(C.f A lean dog gets many fleas.

.)560( . .C.f. A lame traveler should get out betimes.

.)561( .. :..)562()563( . ..)564( . .)()( ..)565( . . :.)566(


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C.f. What is done cannot be undone.

.)567( ..)(..)568()569( .)570( .)571( .

C.f (1) Alms are golden key that opens the gate of heaven.

(2) the hand that gives gathers.

)572( . .C.f Give a thing and take again, and you shall ride an hells wain.

.)573( .. .C.f. Out of debt, out of danger.

.)574( .][ .E.f. even a fly hath its spleen.

)575( . .][.)576( .)()( :.)577(

Conform to common custom, and not to common folly.

)578( . . .C.f Confess debt, and beg days.

.)579( .)580( .)(

I love you well, but touch not my pocket.

.)581( ..)582(.)583(


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C.f. Beware of breed; i.e. an ill-breed.

.)584( ..C.f. Nothing venture, nothing have.

)585( . ..The butcherlooked for his knife, when he had it in his mouth.

..)586( ..C.f. The day is short and the work is much.

.)587( . :)588( .

Words spoken in an evening, the wind carrieth away.

.)589(One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.

)590( . . :.)591(

C.f. No sweet, without sweat.

.)592( ( ) ..)593(.)594()595( =.)596().(

C.f. The blood is thicker than water.

.)597( .)(.)598().=(


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Between the hand and the lip, the morsel may slip.

.204..)599(...)600(

C.f. There is no profit in teaching a pig to play the flute.

..)601(C.f. He that eats the kings goose shall be choked with the feathers.

)602( . .)603( .)604( .

C.f. Sadness and gladness succeed each other.

)605( . ).()(C.f. Quick at meat, quick at work.

..)606(C.f. Geese with geese, and women with women.

.)607( ).(.)608(.)609(

C.f. Better work for nothing than be lazy.

.)610( ..)611( .).=(

Every herring must hang by its own head.

..)612( :.)613(

C.f. Every heart hath its own ache.

...(614))615( .


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However wretched a fellow mortal may be, he is still a member of our common species. (Seneca).

.)616( .C.f. Every sprat now a days calls itself a herring.

.)617( . -

!)618( :.)619()620( !

C.f. (1) There is reason in the roasting of eggs.

(2) There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow...)621(

C.f. Sleeping dogs catch no hares.

)(.)622(C.f. Wake not a sleeping lion.

.(623).. :

.)624(.)625(

C.f. Necessity knows no law.

.)626( .C.f. He who is a good paymaster is lord of another mans purse.

...)627()628( .)629( .).(

C.f. Change of fortune is the lot of life.

)630( ..C.f. A good cow may have an ill calf.


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A black hen can lay white eggs.

-.)631( .17..Do not cut board thongs out of other peoples leather.

)632( . ][)633( .)634( ..)635(]=[)636(

C.f. (1) If God be with us, who will be against us?

(2) Why should I fear when God is near?

..(637) :.)638(

C.f. Truth seeks no corners.

)639( .][ ][ :

.)640(.]=[

Truth may linguish but can never perish.

.][.)641(C.f. Truths like roses have thorns about them.

)642(. [ ] ][ .C.f. Bad excuses are worse than none.

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C.f. When the heart is a- fire, some sparks will fly out of the mouth.

..)645(C.f. Two dry sticks will kindle a green one.

)646( . ][][ .

Better lose a supper than have hundred physicians.

.)647( .][ ..)648(.].294.[)649( .)650( .222.185)651(.)652()653( .)654( .)655( ]=[)656( !][.)657([ ])658( .)659( .

C.f. (1) Empty vessel thunders much.

(2) Great boast, little roast.

.)660( = .....)661(

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

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][C.f Perseverance kills the game.

.(664) .C.f. The world is a net; the more we stir in it, the more we are entangled.

:..)665()666( ..)667(.)668()669( .

Tell me the company you keep, and I will tell you what you are.

)670( . :.)671( ..][

C.f. Flattery sits in the parlour when plain dealing is kicked out of doors.

.)672( .][:

.)673(Better spare to have thine own than ask others.

!)674( ][ 58.43..)675( :.161.)676( . )677( .[ ..] .

C.f. (1) Stretch your legs according to you coverlet.

(2) Cut you coat according to your cloth.

..)679(C.f. Curse on accounts with relations! (Spain)

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.][.C.f.Spech is the picture of mind.

)681( ! !..426)682(

In time of prosperity friends will be plenty, in time of adversity not one amongst twenty.

.50..)683(C.f. Every miller draws water to his own mill.

.)684( .][..

.)685( .A pot that belongs to many is ill- stirred and worse boiled.

.)686( .395.628.][C.f. Content is more than a kingdom.

.)687( :][.

.)688(Patience is the best buckler against affronts.

.)689( .][ .C.f. The best is best cheap.

)690( . .][ .

C.f Reason is a better soldier than rashness.

:.][.)691()692( .].[

He that surety for another is never sure himself.

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..)(.)694(

Much would have more.

Covetousness is always filling a bottom less vessel.

)695( ..10.:.][.)696(.)697(

C.f. Love is blind.

.)698( ...)699(

A man without reason is a beast in season.

.)700( :.!.)701(

Ignorance is the parent of many miseries.

)702( . . :. .)703(

]=[.)704( :..)705(

C.f. All lay load on the willing horse.

.)706( ..331...)707(.)708(.)709(=[ ].][)710( ....)711(.)712(

C.f. Anger punishes itself.


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.)713( .][..)714(.][

C.f. While debt I owe, I sink in woe.

.)715( .= ..)716(

The moon does not heed the barking of dogs.

.)717( [. .] ..)718([ .].)719().=(.)720(

C.f. No more mortar no more brick; a cuning knave has a cunning trick.

..][.)721( .C.f. Every one hath his own planet.

.)722( . .....Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.

.)723(..

Cowards die many times before their death.

.(724) ][. ..)725( :...)726(

C.f. Cheating play never thrives..)727(


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. . ..592..)728(.)729(=[ ])730( .=[ ])731( .394.)732()733( .][)734( .

. .. .)735( . . ...)736( .)737( .

A young twig is easier twisted than an old tree.

)738( .. .)739( . .)740( .[ ])741( ).(

He, who is born in misfortunes, stumbles as he goes; and though he fall on his back, will fracture hisnose.

.665..)742(C.f. Better be alone than in a bad company.

)743( . ..][ :.)744()745( .


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)746( .)747([ ]

C.f. The game is not worth the candle.

.)748( ][.= .C.f. Every tide hath its ebb.

..)749(C.f. A friend is never known till needed.

)750( . [ .] . . . .)751( .[ ]

C.f. When the dinner is done the spoon is forgotten.

.)752( .C.f. Dirty water cannot wash clean.

)753( ! [ ] [ !] ..69...)754()755( .]=[

C.f. Dirty linen should be washed at home.

.)756( ..)757(

C.f. Better a finger off than wagging.

)758( . .][Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

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)761( .)762( .

Strain at a gnat, and swallow a carme.

)763( . ][ . .)764( .)765( .

Bloody and deceitful men dig their own graves.

.)766( .)(.)767(

. :..)768(

C.f. A lie has no legs.

)769( . ...)770(

C.f. Drop by Drop a lake is drained.

)771( .][.C.f. Saving is getting.

.)772( .)773( .)774( .

A house ready built never sells for so much as it cost.

.)775( ..C.f. So many men, so many minds.

.)776( .)( ..)777( ][ .313..)778(


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].[C.f. He that by the plough would thrive himself must either hold or drive.

.)779( )( . .)780( ..][

C.f. A burnt child dreads the fire.

.)781( ...)782(

.C.f. Sour graps as the fox said, When he could not reach them.

.)783( ..]![

)784( ..].[.)785(][)786( .[ .]

A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind.

.)787( !)(To do good to the ungrateful is to throw rose-water into the sea.

.)788( . .

Opportunities neglected are lost.

...)789(.)790()791( .)792( ..)793(

C.f. It is the raised stick that makes the dog obey.


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.)794( .)795(( )..)796()797( .( )

C.f. Let bygones be bygones.

.)798( . )( . . .)799( ( .)

He, that has nothing, is frightended at nothing.

.)800( ..= .)(

.)801( )( . ..Talk is but talk; but is money that buys land.

)802( ... .. ..)803( . .

A prophet is not worshipped in his own land. .)804( ..584.

C.f. Bold resolution is the favourite of providence.

.)805( )()( )( .Every bodys business is nobodys business.

.)806(


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.)( .)807( .).:()808( .

C.f. Many hands make light work.

)809( . .C.f. Too many cooks spoil the borth.

)810( .As a man is friend, so the law is ended.

..)811(The smith has always a spark in his throat.

)812( . .)813( ..)814(.)815()816( ..)817(.)818(

C.f. No flying from fate.

.)819( . ..)820( . ..)821()822(

I stout and thou stout, who shall carry the dirt out?

(823) . .)824( .( ).

There is some difference between peter and peter.

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.)826( . .)827( .).=.=(.)828().=()829( . )( . ( ).!)(!

C.f. What can the virtue of our ancestors profit us, if we do not imitate them.

)830( . ..)831( .)(

..)(.)832(

What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals.

.)833( .Agues come on horse back, but go away on foot.

.)834( .)( .)835( . .

C.f. Death keeps no calendar.

)836( . . .What is sport to the cat is death to the mouse.

.)837( :..648..)838(

C.f. A rich rogue, two shirts and a rag!

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)840( ..)841(( )..)842().(.)843(( )

C.f. The more noble, the more humble.

)844( . . ..)845(

.389.C.f. Half a loaf is better than no bread.)846( . )( . :..)847(( .).

Once a merchant good name gets, more he earns and less he sweats.

(2) Give dog a bad name and hang him.

)848( . . .!)849(..354)850()851( .)852( .)853( .

C.f. A good name is better than riches..)854( .)855( . .

The wine is the masters, but the goodness of it is the butlers.

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)857( .C.f. Eaten bread is forgotten.

)858( . .He who says what he likes, hears what he does not like.

)859( . .. ..4.C.f. Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the kingss horses.

)860( )861( ( )

Take not am musket to kill a butter-fly.

)862( . )( ).( . ..)863( )( .

C.f. Use lessens marvel.

.)864( )( ! .When I did well, I heard it never; when I did ill, I heard it ever.

.)865( .)(C.f. Temperance is the best physic.

)866( )( ( ).)867()868( . ][ .][

:.)869( [. :.].)870(

C.f. One good turn deserves another.)871( .


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.)( .C.f. One mans meat is another mans poison.

)872( )(. . :)873( .

C.f. Penny wise, pound foolish.

)874( . .][ .C.f. Fine feathers make fine birds.

)875( . .)876( .)877( .

An acute word cuts deeper that a sharp weapon.

)878( . ][ .It is hard to sit in Rome and fight with the pope.

)879( . .. .The camel going to seek horns lost his ears.

.)880( ][.The worth of a thing is best known by the want of it.

.)881( . .C.f. You come a day after the fair.

)882( . .-.)883( . ..)884(

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[. ]C.f. Do not cry over spilt milk.

..)885(A jest driven too far brings home hate.

)886( .][.)887(

C.f.Pride will have a fall.

:..721..)888()889()890( ..)891()=()()892( ..][

e.f Every man hath his lot.

.)893( .

)894( . ( ) ..413! .

.)895( ..)896( ..885..

C.f. An ill- timed jest hath ruined many.

)897( . .][][)898( .)899( . ..

C.f. Love begets love.

.)900( .C.f. He that chasiseth one amendeth many.


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][.)901( .)902( )(.. .)903(( ))904( ..)905(.]=[

C.f. Habit is second nature.

.)906( . :.

)907( .C.f. I will either win the horse or lose the saddle.

..)908()909( .749

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

)910( . .)911( ).()912( ).(

C.f. As you give love, so you will have love.


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.)52()53( .)54( !.)55()56( ..)57( )58( .)59( .

(60) .)61( ..)62()63( ..)64()65( ..)66(.)67(.)68()69( .)70( ..)71()72( .)73( .)74( .

.)((75))76( ..)77()78( ..)79(.)80()81( ..)82(.)83(.)84(.)85()86( .)87( .)88( .)89( .)90( .)91( .)92( .)93( .)94( .)95( .)96( .)97( .)98( ..)99(!)100(.)101(.)102()103( .)104( ..)105(


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)160( .)161( .)162( .)163( .)164( .)165( . )166( .)167( .)168(.)169()170( .)171()172( .)173( .

(174) .)175( .-)176( .)177( )()178( .)179( .)180( .)181( .!)182( ..)183(.)184()185( !)186( .)187( .)188( .)189( .)190( .)191( ..)192(.)193(.)194()195( ..)196()197( .)198( .)199( .)200( .--)201( ..)202()203( ..)204()205( .)206( .)207( .)208( .)209( .)210( .)211( .)212( .)213( .


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.)268()269( .)270( ..)271()272( ..)273( .)274()275( ..)276()277( .)278( .)279( ..)280(.)281()282()283( .)284( .)285( .)286( .)287( .)288( .)289( ..)290()291()292( .)293(.)294()295( ..)296(.)297()298( .)299( )300( .)301( ..)302()303( .)304( .)305( .)306( ..)307(.)308()309( .)310( .)311( .)312( .)313( .)314( .)315()316( .)317( .)318( .)319( .)320( .)321( .


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)322( !)323( .)324( .)325( .)326( .)327( . )328( ..)329()330( .)331( ..)332()333( .)334( .)335( .)336( .)337( .)338( .)339( .)340( !)341()342( ..)343()344( .)345( .)346( )347( .)348( .)349( .)350( .)351( .)352( .)353( .)354( .)355( .)356( .)357( .)358( ..)359()360( .)361( .)362( .)363( .)364( ..)365()366( .)368( .)368( ..)369()370( .)371( !)372( ..)373(.)374()375( .


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)485( .)486( .)487( .!-)488()489( ..)490( )491( .)492( .)493( .)494( .)495( .)496( .)497( .)498()499( .)500( .)501( ..)502(.)503(.)504()505( .)506( !.)507()508( ..)509(.)510()511( .)512( .)513( .)514( .)515( .)516( .)517( .)518( .)519( .)520( .)521( .)522( .)523( .)524( ..)525()526( .)527( .)528( .)529( .)530( .)531( .)532( .)533( .)534( ..)535(.)536(.)537(.)538(


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.)539(.)540()541( .)542( .)543( .)544( . .)545()546( .)547( ..)548()549( .)550( .)551( ..)552(.)553()554( ..)555()556( .)557( .)558( .)559( .)560( .)561( .)562( .)563( .)564( .)565( ..)566(.)567()568( .)569( .)570( .)571( .)572( ..)573(.)574()575( .)576( .)577( .)578( ..)579()580( .)()581( .)582( .)583( .)584( .)585( .)586( .)587( .)588( .)589()590( ..)591(.)592(


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.)593(.)594()595( .)596(.)597(.)598( )599( ..)600()601( .)602( .)603( .)604( .)605( ..)606()607( ..)608()609( .)610( .)611( .)612( .)613( .

(614) .)615( ..)616(.)617(!)618(.)619()620( !)621( .)622( .

(623) .)624( .)625( .)626( .)627( .)628( .)629( .)630( ..)631()632( .)633( .)634( .)635( .)636(

.(637).)638()639( ..)640()641( .)642( .)643( ..)644()645( .)646( .


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(664) ..)665()666( .)667( .)668( .)669( .)670( .)671( ..)672(.)673()674( !)675( .)676( .)677( .)679( .)680( . )681( !..426)682(.)683()684( .)685( ..)686()687( ..)688()689( .)690( .)691( .)692( .)693( ..)694()695( .)696(.)697()698( .)699( ..)700(.)701(


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)702( .)703( .)704( ..)705(.)706(.)707( )708( ..)709(.][)710()711( .)712( ..)713(.)714( .)715( ..)716()717( .)718( .)719( .)720( ..)721(.)722()723( .

.(724))725( .)726( ..)727()728( ..)729()730( .)731( .394)732( .)733( .)734( .)735( ..)736()737( .)738( .)739( .)740( .)741( .)742()743( .)744( .)745( .)746( .)747(.)748()749( .)750( .)751( .)752( .)753( !)754( .)755( .


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)756( .)757( .)758( .)759( .)760( !)761( . )762( .)763( .)764( .)765( .)766( .)767( .)768( .)769( ..)770()771( ..)772()773( .)774( ..)775(.)776(.)777(.)778()779( .)780( .)781( ..)782(.)783()784( ..)785()786( .)787( ..)788()789( ..)790()791( .)792( .)793( ..)794()795(.)796()797( .)798( ..)799(.)800()801( .)802( .)803( ..)804()805( .)806( .)807( .)808( .)809( .


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)810()811( .)812( .)813( ..)814(.)815( )816( .)817( .)818( ..)819(.)820()821()822(

(823) .)824( .)825( .)826( .)827( .)828( .)829( .)830( ..)831()832( ..)833(.)834()835( .)836( .)837( .)838( .)839( .)840( ..)841(.)842(.)843()844( ..)845()846( .)847( .)848( .!)849(..354)850()851( .)852( .)853( ..)854(.)855()856( .)857( .)858( .)859( .)860()861( )862( .)863( .


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