692 Proverbs about Want / Page 33
641. The rich do as they want, the poor do as they can.
642. If you want to eat freshly caught fish, you don't want to have a tight purse.
643. Who doesn't want to when he can, can't when he wants to.
644. If you want to stay full of good health, always eat eggs and drink wine.
645. If you don't want it to be known, don't do it.
646. If you want to be happy, love the one who loves you, because it's a waste of time to love someone who doesn't love you.
647. The old woman doesn't want fun, she wants bread, wine, and fire.
648. The more you have, the more you want.
649. When you can't do what you want, do what you can.
650. The boss said to the servant, when there isn't what you want, eat what there is.
651. Prune the vines on the January moon if you want to fill the casks.
652. When sweethearts want each other, the parents must inevitably accede.
653. For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for want of a horse the rider was lost.
654. I don't want the cheese; I just want out of the trap.
655. If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.
656. If you want to be revenged, hold your tongue.
657. If you want to know what a man is really like, notice how he acts when he loses money.
658. If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself.
659. See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, you'll want a pin before you die.
660. Something you don't want is dear at any price.
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