692 Proverbs about Want / Page 11
201. He who has a head won't want for a hat.
202. He who wants his dog killed has only to say he's mad.
203. He who wants milk should not sit in the middle of a field and wait for a cow to back up to him.
204. It is good to buy when another wants to sell.
205. One who wants to keep their yard tidy does not reserve a plot for the weeds.
206. Snapping curs never want sore ears.
207. The election of the abbot is not stopped for want of a monk.
208. If you want the daughter, you must kiss the mother.
209. If you want to buy love, love itself is the price you'll have to pay.
210. Mills and wives are ever wanting.
211. Only a fool asks, "What do you want with my wife?"
212. He who wants too much doesn't catch anything.
213. Who can do, don't want to; Who wants to, can't do; Who knows how to do, won't do it; Who does it, doesn't know how to; and, so, badly goes the world.
214. Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
215. He who wants to catch foxes must hunt with geese.
216. He who wants to jump high must take a long run.
217. He who wants to tell the truth will always stand before closed doors.
218. If you want some lies to be believed wrap them up in truths.
219. Always to be sparing is always to be in want.
220. He is nearest to God who has the fewest wants.
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