2053 Italian Proverbs / Page 15
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Bad grass does not make good hay.282.
Bad is the sack that will not bear patching.283.
Bad is the wool that cannot be died.284.
Bad news is the first to come.285.
Be sure before you marry of a house wherein to tarry.286.
Be the horse good or bad always wear your spurs.287.
Be the same thing that ye wa'd be ca'd.288.
Beat the churl and he will be your friend.289.
Beat the rogue and he will be your friend.290.
Beauty and folly are often companions.291.
Beauty and folly are old companions.292.
Because of a period, Martin lost his post.293.
Bed is the poor man's opera.294.
Believe a boaster as you would a liar.295.
Below the navel there is neither religion nor truth.296.
Bend the tree while it is young.297.
Better a lean agreement than a fat sentence.298.
Better a living donkey than a dead doctor.299.
Better a mouse in the pot than no stew at all.300.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.