588 Proverbs about Look / Page 8
141. A pig that is used to wallowing in the mud looks for a clean person to rub against.
142. Don't look for speed in a cheap horse; be content if it neighs.
143. One cry of "Thief!" and the whole marketplace is on the lookout.
144. Some birds avoid the water, ducks look for it.
145. When the hyena drinks, the dog can only look on.
146. A farmer does not conclude by the mere look of it that a corn is unripe; he tears it open for examination.
147. A herbalist that refuses to ask laymen what leaves he looks for in the bush, must have difficulties getting what he wants.
148. He who does not look ahead always remains behind.
149. A lizard that fell from the top of a tree wastes its time looking back to where it fell from; if there was anything good the lizard deserved, it could not have missed it while it was there on top of the tree.
150. You do not look for a black sheep at night.
151. Look for a black goat while it is still daytime.
152. Before you ask a man for clothes, look at the clothes that he is wearing.
153. It only looks that way.
154. Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way.
155. Looking at a king's mouth one would never think he sucked his mother's breast.
156. A weapon that you don't have in your hand will not kill a snake. Looking for something can get in the way of finding it.
157. A stern look is not a slap in the face.
158. The very fact that we are looking for something usually stands in the way of our finding it.
159. You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
160. Even if a baby seems unpleasant to look at, his mother never refuses him.
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