10 Traditional Proverbs about Want
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Proverbs about Want1. 
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for want of a horse the rider was lost.
2. 
I don't want the cheese; I just want out of the trap.
3. 
If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.
4. 
If you want to be revenged, hold your tongue.
5. 
If you want to know what a man is really like, notice how he acts when he loses money.
6. 
If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself.
7. 
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, you'll want a pin before you die.
8. 
Something you don't want is dear at any price.
9. 
Want is the mother of industry.
10. 
Waste not, want not.
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