A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience... (wikipedia)
Three women, three geese, and three frogs, make a fair
The eye is the mirror of the soul.
The cow knows not what her tail is worth until she has lost it
The price of a laugh is too high, if it is raised at the expense of another
May your trouble be like the old man's teeth - few and far between
One hour's sleep before midnight is better than three after it
If they say you are good, ask you self if it be true
He who oweth is all in the wrong
It is better to travel than to arrive
Too much zeal is a bad soldier who fires before the word of command
Trust not a new friend nor an old enemy.
Those who have never tasted bitter, do not appreciate the taste of sugar.
Better a lie which heals than a truth which wounds.
Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine
A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts
Some things are better praised by silence than by remark
A woman's tongue wags like a lamb's tail
A woman is to be from her house three times; when she is christened, married and buried
A market is three women and a goose
As solid as the ground we stand on
A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay but a swarm in July is not worth a fly
Every tub smells of the wine it holds
He that speaks truth must have one foot in the stirrup.
A hangman is a good trade, he doth his work by daylight
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