85 Proverbs about Looking / Page 2
21. A blind man needs no looking glass.
22. There is no better looking-glass than an old friend.
23. A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
24. A lizard that fell from the top of a tree wastes its time looking back to where it fell from; if there was anything good the lizard deserved, it could not have missed it while it was there on top of the tree.
25. A weapon that you don't have in your hand will not kill a snake. Looking for something can get in the way of finding it.
26. The very fact that we are looking for something usually stands in the way of our finding it.
27. Looking at a king's mouth one would never think he sucked his mother's breast.
28. A person who is always looking at the sky will never discover anything on the ground.
29. Even if you close your eyes while looking in the mirror the image remains yours.
30. If you borrow from an eagle you will always be looking up in the sky.
31. The eye looking at the sun will not need an adviser before it blinks.
32. You may say the cassava in your mouth is bitter, but it is only looking at the next one.
33. Credit lost is like a broken looking-glass.
34. Proverbs bear age, and he who would do well may view himself in them as in a looking glass.
35. Never burn a penny candle looking for a halfpenny.
36. The best looking-glass is the eyes of a friend.
37. He who has a good looking wife, a castle on the river, or a vineyard on the roadside is never without war.
38. To offer friendship to one who is looking for love, is like giving bread to someone dying of thirst.
39. There never was a looking-glass that told a woman she was ugly.
40. When he was fifteen the devil was a good looking boy.
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