233 Proverbs about Play / Page 9
161. When the cat's away the mice will play.
162. An idle mind is the devil's playground.
163. Avarice commonly occasions injury to the person who displays it.
164. When two men quarrel, the one who yields first displays the nobler character.
165. Only birds of the same clan or species play together on the same tree.
166. By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.
167. The poor man and the rich man do not play together.
168. Those who play at bowls must look out for rubbers.
169. Those who play bowls must look out for rubbers.
170. He who plays with a sword plays with the devil.
171. What is play to one is death to another.
172. All flute-players are mad; when once they begin to blow, away goes reason.
173. Avoid bawling in conversation or in play.
174. It is not becoming to play the fox, or to play up on both sides.
175. Mice care not to play with kittens.
176. Unaccustomed to wear them, he displays the breeches he has on to every one he meets.
177. Where art is displayed truth does not appear.
178. Hand play, churls' play.
179. Lookers-on see more than players.
180. If you play with fire you get burnt.
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