355 Proverbs about Hard / Page 9
161. It's as hard to see a woman crying as it is to see a barefooted duck.
162. Soft words butter no parsnips, but they won't harden the heart of the cabbage either.
163. The mason who strikes often is better than the one who strikes too hard.
164. What is in the marrow is hard to take out of the bone.
165. When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak.
166. It's hard to kill a bad thing.
167. It is hard for an empty bag to stand itself alone.
168. It is hard to hunt the hare out of the bush it is not in.
169. Don't be hard and don't be soft and don't desert your friend for your own share.
170. It's hard to make a choice between two blind dogs.
171. It is a hard task to comfort the proud.
172. It's hard to take britches off bare hips.
173. 'Tis as hard to see a woman cry, as a goose go barefoot.
174. When the old woman is hard pressed, she has to run.
175. Without pressing too little or too hard, hold tight the reins for he's a fool who would not get value from a borrowed horse.
176. Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg.
177. Beggars can't be choosers. For a good appetite there is no hard bread.
178. Elm trees have beautiful branches but hardly ever bear fruit.
179. A sharp tooth for hard bread.
180. A man that is lean, not from hunger, is harder than brass.
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