515 Proverbs about Heir / Page 2
21. Women only keep quiet about their age.
22. Acorns compare their height with each other.
23. Crabs dig holes according to the size of their shells.
24. Sparrows, though they live to be a hundred, do not forget their dance.
25. One dog yelping at nothing will set ten thousand straining at their collars.
26. Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names.
27. Because of their figure, vain women stay cold.
28. Never trust people who tell you all their troubles but keep from you all their joys.
29. A real scoundrel turned up and they took off their hats to him.
30. Those who fight with silver spears are sure of their victory.
31. Those who set their minds on virtue will do no evil.
32. One never needs their humor as much as when they argue with a fool.
33. The beginning and the end reach out their hands to each other.
34. People can no more be judged by their looks than the sea can be measured in bushels.
35. Those who sacrifice their conscience to ambition burn a painting to obtain ashes.
36. All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.
37. Dogs have so many friends because they wag their tails, not their tongues.
38. Easy to know men's faces, not their hearts.
39. Flowers leave a part of their fragrance in the hands that bestow them.
40. Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them.
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