1609 English Proverbs / Page 41
801.
It is better to murder during time of plague.802.
It is easy to be wise after the event.803.
It is folly to sing twice to a deaf man.804.
It is hard to pay for porridge that has been eaten.805.
It is ill fishing before the net.806.
It is ill jesting with sharp tools.807.
It is ill prizing of green barley.808.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.809.
It is not the beard that makes the philosopher.810.
It is not work that kills, but worry.811.
It is pride, not nature, that craves much.812.
It is sin to steal a pin.813.
It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.814.
It is the quiet pigs that eat the meal.815.
It isn't a fit night out for man nor beast.816.
It never rains, but it pours.817.
It pays to pay attention.818.
It takes all sorts to make a world.819.
It takes great wisdom to play the fool.820.
It takes two blows to make a battle.