1046 Proverbs about Time / Page 11
201. Tell it her once, and the devil will tell it her ten times.
202. The secret of patience is doing something else in the meantime.
203. The servant wench that has a mother in town swoons seven times a day.
204. What is done, is done for this time.
205. When the iron is hot, then is the time to strike.
206. When we think to catch we are sometimes caught.
207. Who has time yet waits for time, comes to a time of repentance.
208. A watched clock never tells the time.
209. Sunshine all the time makes a desert.
210. You are permitted in times of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge.
211. A blind pigeon may sometimes find a grain of wheat.
212. A penny in time is as good as a dollar.
213. Correction is good when administered in time.
214. Even clever hens sometimes lay their eggs among nettles.
215. Fair words please the fool, and sometimes the wise.
216. Good counsel is no better than bad counsel, if it be not taken in time.
217. He came time enough who was hung by candlelight.
218. He had need rise betimes who would please everybody.
219. It is good to be priest at Easter, child in Lent, peasant at Christmas, and foal in harvest-time.
220. It is time enough to take off your hat when you see the man.
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