A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

(Marcin) #1

future


COMING events cast their shadows before
he that FOLLOWS freits, freits will follow him
LONG foretold, long last..
NEVER is a long time
NEVER say never
TIME will tell
TODAY you; tomorrow me
TOMORROW is another day
TOMORROW never comes

gains and losses see also winners and losers


BLESSINGS brighten as they take their flight
FINDERS keepers..
FINDINGS keepings
all is FISH that comes to the net
all is GRIST that comes to the mill
what you’ve never HAD you never miss
one man’s LOSS is another man’s gain
there’s no great LOSS without some gain
SAFE bind, safe find
a SLICE off a cut loaf isn’t missed
if you don’t SPECULATE, you can’t accumulate

garden lore see also weather lore


CANDLEMAS day, put beans in the clay.. a CHERRY year, a merry year..
if you would be HAPPY for a week take a wife..
ONE for the mouse, one for the crow..
ONE year’s seeding makes seven years’ weeding
PARSLEY seed goes nine times to the Devil
sow dry and set wet

gentleness


EASY does it
FAIR and softly goes far in a day
With a SWEET tongue and kindness..

gentry


when ADAM delved..
it takes three GENERATIONS to make a gentleman
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