489 Proverbs about Gain / Page 8
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It is a surprise that the cock should hold a grudge against the pot, instead of the knife that killed it.142.
Sometimes you need to die in order to live again.143.
The fox must be chased away first after that the hen might be warned against wandering into the bush.144.
Use people who have something to gain, not people with nothing to lose.145.
Where rain has ever been trapped before when it rains again it will get trapped once again.146.
You never know a line is zigzag until you put a straight line against it.147.
Words are like bullets; if they escape, you can't catch them again.148.
Not even hercules could contend against two.149.
He has gained enough who gives up a vain hope.150.
Many pupils have gained more wealth than their masters.151.
A clear bargain, a dear friend.152.
A fool throws a stone into a well, and it requires a hundred wise men to get it out again.153.
At a good bargain pause and ponder.154.
Corsairs against corsairs, there is nothing to win but empty barrels.155.
Counsel is nothing against love.156.
Entreat the churl and the bargain is broken off.157.
Good repute is like the cypress: once cut, it never puts forth leaf again.158.
He gains much who loses a vain hope.159.
He who risks nothing can gain nothing.160.
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