Dumpy proverbs
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Chapters (66)
- DUMPY PROVERBS ·
- HONOR C. APPLETON
- THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
- I.
- Opportunity makes the thief.
- Dumpy Proverbs
- Honor C. Appleton
- Don't stop the plough to catch a mouse.
- II.
- Conscience makes cowards of us all.
- III.
- Disobedience brings its own reward.
- Time and tide wait for no man.
- You need not cry over spilt milk.
- I.
- Fine feathers make fine birds.
- II.
- Look before you leap.
- III.
- Those that laugh last, laugh longest.
- Let sleeping dogs lie.
- A miss is as good as a mile.
- I.
- Pride comes before a fall.
- II.
- There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
- III.
- It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
- A watched pot never boils.
- A stitch in time saves nine.
- I.
- Barefooted men should not tread upon thorns.
- II.
- Experience makes a man wise.
- Misfortunes never come singly.
- You cannot catch birds by throwing stones at them.
- I.
- Where there's a will there's a way.
- II.
- Appearances are deceitful.
- The longest way round is the shortest way home.
- Kissing goes by favour.
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