141 Proverbs about Table / Page 3
41. He who has a good horse in his stable may go on foot.
42. High birth is a poor dish on the table.
43. Lent, which seems so long, is short at other men's tables.
44. When there is little bread at table put plenty on your plate.
45. Who dangles after the great is the last at table and the first to be cuffed.
46. Who depends on another man's table often dines late.
47. Better a salt herring on your own table, than a fresh pike on another man's.
48. Care, and not fine stables, make a good horse.
49. It is discreditable to fly from a living enemy, or to abuse a dead one.
50. The man who is born in a stable is not a horse.
51. Truth must be seasoned to make it palatable.
52. It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.
53. Help is always welcome, except at the table.
54. What matters is the menu on the table now.
55. At table keep short hand; in company keep a short tongue.
56. When the steed is stolen, you shut the stable door.
57. Where MacGregor sits at the head of the table.
58. A capon eight months old is fit for a king's table.
59. It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.
60. When you are rich you suffer in a more comfortable way.
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