1609 English Proverbs / Page 39
761.
If you swear you will catch no fish.762.
If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.763.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.764.
If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.765.
If you want peace, prepare for war.766.
If you want peace, you must prepare for war.767.
If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden;
if you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.768.
If you want to be loved, be loveable.769.
If you were born to be shot, you'll never be hung.770.
If you would be happy for a week, take a wife; if you would be happy for a month, kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.771.
If you're in a hole, stop digging.772.
Ignorance is the mother of superstition.773.
Ill luck is good for something.774.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.775.
In a calm sea, every man is a pilot.776.
In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.777.
In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats.778.
In every beginning, think of the end.779.
In every country dogs bite.780.
In for a penny, in for a pound.