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102 Proverbs about Priest



1. Priests return to the temple, merchants to the shop.. Chinese Proverb. Priests return to the temple, merchants to the shop.
Chinese Proverb

2. A priest sees people at their best, a lawyer at their worst, but a doctor sees them as they really are.. Congolese Proverb. A priest sees people at their best, a lawyer at their worst, but a doctor sees them as they really are.
Congolese Proverb

3. He that would keep his house clean must not let priest or pigeon into it.. French Proverb. He that would keep his house clean must not let priest or pigeon into it.
French Proverb

4. It is just that the priest should live by the altar.. French Proverb. It is just that the priest should live by the altar.
French Proverb

5. Men's ignorance makes the pot boil for priests.. French Proverb. Men's ignorance makes the pot boil for priests.
French Proverb

6. Six things have no business in the world: a fighting priest, a coward knight, a covetous judge, a stinking barber, a soft-hearted mother, and an itchy baker.. French Proverb. Six things have no business in the world: a fighting priest, a coward knight, a covetous judge, a stinking barber, a soft-hearted mother, and an itchy baker.
French Proverb

7. Beware of laughing hosts and weeping priests.. German Proverb. Beware of laughing hosts and weeping priests.
German Proverb

8. Doctor Luther's shoes do not fit every parish priest.. German Proverb. Doctor Luther's shoes do not fit every parish priest.
German Proverb

9. Either fight not with priests or beat them to death.. German Proverb. Either fight not with priests or beat them to death.
German Proverb

10. Every priestling conceals a popeling.. German Proverb. Every priestling conceals a popeling.
German Proverb

11. Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of gentleman, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade; of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury.. German Proverb. Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of gentleman, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade; of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury.
German Proverb

12. God's friends, the priest's foe.. German Proverb. God's friends, the priest's foe.
German Proverb

13. Priestly knaves sweat hard at their meat, but never at work get into a heat.. German Proverb. Priestly knaves sweat hard at their meat, but never at work get into a heat.
German Proverb

14. Priests and women never forget.. German Proverb. Priests and women never forget.
German Proverb

15. Priests bless themselves first.. German Proverb. Priests bless themselves first.
German Proverb

16. Priests even smile pleasantly on young women.. German Proverb. Priests even smile pleasantly on young women.
German Proverb

17. Priests pay each other no tithes.. German Proverb. Priests pay each other no tithes.
German Proverb

18. Priests should not prate out of the confessional.. German Proverb. Priests should not prate out of the confessional.
German Proverb

19. The bites of priests and wolves are hard to heal.. German Proverb. The bites of priests and wolves are hard to heal.
German Proverb

20. The priest loves his flock, but the lambs more than the wethers.. German Proverb. The priest loves his flock, but the lambs more than the wethers.
German Proverb

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