692 Proverbs about Want / Page 23
441. If you want to live in peace, you must not tell everything that you know, nor judge everything that you see.
442. He who wants everything will lose everything.
443. He who makes more of you than usual either designs to cheat you or wants your assistance.
444. He who never goes to your house doesn't want you in his.
445. There's no worse deaf man than the man who doesn't want to listen.
446. Worth makes the man and want of it the fellow.
447. For whoever wants the blue sky, the price is high.
448. The brave man lives until the coward wants.
449. There is never wanting an excuse for drinking.
450. To 'get out of my house.' or 'what do you want with my wife?' there is no answer.
451. If you want to destroy your enemy, give him an elephant.
452. Do today what you want ro postpone until tomorrow.
453. Do today what you want to postpone until tomorrow.
454. He who wants to eat honey should endure the stings.
455. When the figs are ripe all the birds want to eat.
456. If you want to control your soul, hand it as a gift to your intellect.
457. If you want to please, never say things are going well.
458. If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself.
459. If they had cereal, they'd want gumbo.
460. When a slave mounts a camel he wants to ride on both humps.
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