700 Proverbs about Nothing / Page 12
221. The earthen pan gains nothing by contact with the copper pot.
222. The scraping hen will get something; the crouching hen nothing.
223. When every man gets his own the devil gets nothing.
224. You may get something off a bone, but nothing off a stone.
225. Fortune lost, nothing lost; courage lost, much lost; honour lost, more lost; soul lost, all lost.
226. No greater promisers than they who have nothing to give.
227. No office so humble but it is better than nothing.
228. Nothing is haste but catching flies.
229. Nothing so bad but it finds its master.
230. Nothing so bad but it might have been worse.
231. Nothing so bold as a blind mare.
232. Take nothing in hand that may bring repentance.
233. There is nothing so secret but it transpires.
234. To do nothing teacheth to do evil.
235. Too much of one thing is good for nothing.
236. What costs nothing is worth nothing.
237. Whoso hunteth with cats will catch nothing but rats.
238. The noisiest drum has nothing in it but air.
239. An advantage of poverty: your relatives gain nothing by your death.
240. They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing.
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