V.
Vainglory bears no grain, 29
Vainglory blossoms, and bears no fruit, 223
Vanity has no greater foe than vanity, 31
Various are the roads to fame, 69
Very good corn grows in little fields, 17
Very hard times in the wood when the wolves eat each other, 21
Vetches seem bitter to the full-cropped pigeon, 67
Vice is learnt without a schoolmaster, 401
Vile let him be who thinks himself vile (or base), 293
Vipers breed vipers, 346
Virtue consists in action, 307
Virtue flourishes in misfortune, 171
Virtue in the middle, said the devil, when seated between two lawyers, 364
Virtue is its own reward, 304
Virtue never dies, 171
Virtue subdues power, 171
W.
Wait is a hard word to the hungry, 137
Wait time and place to take your revenge, for it is never well done in a hurry, 73
Wake not a sleeping cat (or dog), 40, 115, 167, 337
Walls have ears, 35, 141, 268, 306
Walls sink and dunghills rise, 193, 263
Want and necessity break faith and oaths, 401
War begun, hell unchained, 100
War is pleasant to him who does not go to it (or who has not tried it), 139, 275
War makes robbers, and peace hangs them, 29, 106
War with all the world, and peace with England, 209
Wash a dog, comb a dog, still a dog remains a dog, 31, 401
Wasting is a bad habit, sparing a sure income, 338
Watching a woman is labour in vain, 176
Water afar does not quench a fire at hand, 67
Water is the strongest drink; it drives mills, 176
Water past will not turn the mill, 67, 195
Water, smoke, and a vicious woman, drive men out of the house, 67 (_See_ Smoke, &c.)
Water washes everything, 263
Wax, flax, and tin; much out and little in, 342
We are all well placed, said the cat, when she was seated on the bacon, 403
We are both carriers, and shall meet on the road, 202
We are not yet roasting, and already we are basting (or make sops in the pan), 203, 230
We beat the sack and mean the miller, 160
We cannot all be Pope of Rome, 188
We do in haste what we repent at leisure (Marry in haste and repent at leisure), 161
We give to the rich and take from the poor, 166
We hang little thieves and let great ones escape, 305 (_See_ Great thieves hang, &c.)
We hang little thieves and take off our hats to great ones, 157
We have no son, and yet are giving him a name, 224
We have not yet saddled, and are already mounted (or riding), 203, 264
We knock in jest and it is opened in earnest, 153
We know what we have, but not what we shall get, 161
We learn by teaching, 104
We must bear our cross with patience, said the man when he took his wife on his back, 388
We must eat and drink though every tree were a gallows, 147, 333 (_See_ A man must eat)
We must sow even after a bad harvest, 389
We must suffer much or die young, 389
We shall see, as the blind man said, 40
Wealth is not his who makes it, but his who enjoys it, 107
Weather, wind, women, and fortune, change like the moon, 58
Wedlock rides in the saddle and repentance on the crupper, 18
Weeds never die, 172, 402
Weight and measures save a man toil, 240
Weighty work must be done with few words, 403
Welcome, misfortune, if thou comest alone, 205, 221
Well begun is half done, 20, 76, 78, 151, 190, 206, 270, 287, 313, 403
Well-done outlives death, 190
Well fed but ill taught, 8
Well-regulated charity begins with one’s self (or at home), 13
Were all adulterers to wear grey coats the cloth would be dear, 169
Were every one to sweep before his own house, every street would be clean, 298
Were fools silent they would pass for wise, 345
Were he to throw a groat on the roof it would come down a dollar, 188
Were I a hatter, men would come into the world without heads, 174
Were it a wolf it would spring at your throat, 56
Were it not for “if” and “but,” we should all be rich for ever, 56
Were the devil to come from hell to fight, there would forthwith be a Frenchman to accept the challenge, 56
Were the sky to fall, not an earthen pot would be left whole, 341 (_See_ If the sky, &c.)
Were there no fools there would be no wise men, 149
Were you at the wedding, Molly? No, mother, but the bride was very fine, 230
What a monk thinks, he dares, 10
What a woman wills, God wills, 10, 229
What belongs to the ravens is never drowned, 175
What can’t be cured must be endured, 175, 290
What children hear their parents say by the fireside they repeat in the highway, 213
What Christ (or the Church) does not take the Exchequer takes, 176, 229
What comes from the fife goes back to the drum (Lightly come, lightly go; or, what is got over the devil’s back is spent under his belly), 11
What comes from the heart, goes to the heart, 176
What comes seldom, comes sharp, 176
What costs little is little esteemed, 123
What costs nothing is worth nothing, 343
What cures Sancho makes Martha sick, 209
What does not happen in a year may happen in a moment, 229
What does not poison, fattens, 123
What does the moon care if the dogs bark at her?, 175
What force cannot do ingenuity may, 229
What God hath joined together let no man put asunder, 175
What harm is there in a good word? It costs nothing, 176
What has horns will gore, 343
What has not been, may be, 123
What I see with my eyes I can guess with my fingers, 229
What is another’s always pines for its master, 229, 294
What is bad for one is good for another, 11
What is bought is cheaper than a gift, 89, 281
What is bred in the bone won’t out of the flesh, 343
What is done cannot be undone, 102, 123, 370
What is done, is done for this time, 229
What is enough was never little, 11
What is got by begging is dearly bought, 351
What is in use, wants no excuse, 229
What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave, 11
What is long spoken of happens at last (Long looked for comes at last), 333
What is lost in the fire must be sought in the ashes, 309
What is marriage, mother? Daughter, it is spinning, bearing children, and weeping, 281
What is mine is my own; my brother Juan’s is his and mine, 229
What is much desired is not believed when it comes, 229
What is new is always fine, 6
What is no sin, is no shame, 175
What is not taken by the Church is taken by the Exchequer, 176
What is play to the strong is death to the weak, 399
What is right for the one is reasonable for the other, 175
What is said is said, and no sponge can wipe it out, 149
What is sport (or play) to the cat is death to the mouse, 141, 382
What is sweet in the mouth is not always good in the stomach, 358
What is the use of running, when we are not on the right road?, 175
What is too high, that let fly, 175
What is true is not always probable, 36
What is whispered in your ear tell not to your husband, 229
What is worth receiving is worth returning (Give and take), 59
What is wrong to-day won’t be right to-morrow, 343
What! keep a dog and bark myself? 175
What keeps out the cold keeps out the heat, 123
What lay hidden under the snow cometh to light at last, 325
What man has made, man can destroy, 175
What Master Jacky does not learn, Mr. John never knows, 175
What much is worth comes from the earth, 229
What my neighbour eats does my stomach no good, 229
What one does not bake, another brews, 175
What ripens fast does not last, 174
What smarts, teaches, 176
What the abbot of Bamba cannot eat he gives away for the good of his soul, 215
What the child hears at the fireside is soon known at the parish church, 10
What the colt learns in youth he continues in old age, 11 (_See_ What youth learns)
What the eye sees not, the heart craves not, 343
What the eye sees not, the heart rues not, 10, 115, 174
What the eyes see, the heart believes, 175
What the fool does at last the wise man does at first, 229, 290
What the gauntlet wins the gorget consumes, 10
What the lion cannot, the fox can, 175
What the peacock has too little on his head, he has too much on his tail, 175
What the she-wolf does (or brings forth) pleases the he-wolf, 10, 229
What the sober man has in his heart, the drunken man has on his lips, 358
What the sober man thinks, the drunkard tells, 10, 342
What three know everybody knows, 229
What three know will soon be known to thirty, 175
What was hard to bear is sweet to remember, 290
What water gives, water takes away, 263
What we want in hay we make up in straw, 175
What will be, will be, 77
What you can’t have, abuse, 123
What you dislike for yourself do not like for me, 229
What you do, do quickly, 175
What you do, do thoroughly (Age quod agis), 22
What you do yourself is well done, 397
What you _give_, is written in sand; what you _take_, with an iron hand, 177
What you learn to your cost you remember long, 362
What you lend to a friend an enemy sues for, 175
What youth learns age does not forget, 363
Whatever way you take there is a league of bad road, 241
What’s everybody’s business is nobody’s business, 238, 287
What’s of no use is too dear at a gift, 176
What’s the use of putting honey in an ass’s mouth, 176
When a cow is lost it is something to recover its tail, were it only to make a handle for one’s door, 16
When a dog runs away, hit him! hit him!, 65
When a fox is in his hole smoke fetches him out, 262
When a good offer comes for your daughter, don’t wait till her father returns from market, 243
When a man has fallen into the mire, the more he flounders the more he fouls himself, 83
When a man is down everybody runs over him, 179
When a man is in a sack, he must get out at the mouth or at the bottom, 392
When a man is not used to breeches the seams gall him, 250
When a man is rich he begins to save, 178
When a mouse has fallen into a meal sack, he thinks he is the miller himself, 298
When a peasant gets rich, he knows neither relations nor friends, 244
When a thing is done advice comes too late, 2
When a thing is done, make the best of it (Make the best of a bad bargain), 191
When a tree is falling, every one cries, Down with it, 67
When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman, 133, 339
When all other sins are old avarice is still young, 48
When an old dog barks, look out (When the old dog barks, he giveth counsel), 135, 298
When an old man cannot drink, prepare his grave, 244
When anger blinds the eyes truth disappears, 379
When apes climb high they show their naked rumps, 297 (_See_ The higher)
When blind leads blind both fall into the ditch, 178
When bulls fight, woe to the frogs, 291
When cat and mouse agree the farmer has no chance, 391
When eats are mousing they don’t mew, 297
When Christ was alone the devil tempted him, 133
When David grew old he sang pious psalms, 133
When dirt comes to honour it knows not what to be, 392
When drink enters, wisdom departs, 214
When every man gets his own the devil gets nothing, 391
When every one minds his own business the work is done, 391
When every one says you are an ass, bray, 244
When every one sees that you are a pig, why don’t you go into the sty?, 297
When everybody says you are drunk, go to sleep, 123
When flies swarm in March sheep come to their death, 298
When fools go to market, pedlars (or hucksters) make money, 298, 391
When fortune’s chariot rolls easily, envy and shame cling to the wheels, 369
When fortune knocks, open the door, 123, 177
When glory comes, memory departs, 48
When gnats swarm in January the peasant becomes a beggar, 298
When God gives light he gives it for all, 243
When God means to punish a nation, He deprives its rulers of wisdom, 178, 298
When God pleases it rains in fair weather, 243
When God pleases it rains with every wind, 243, 299
When God says To-day, the devil says To-morrow, 178
When God sends flour the devil carries off the sack, 47
When God will not the saints cannot, 122, 243, 298
When gold speaks every tongue is silent, 94
When goods increase the body decreases, 47
When had comes, have is too late, 299
When he was born, Solomon passed by his door, and would not go in, 255
When his head is broken he puts on his helmet, 124
When I have money in my purse, I have food in my mouth, 391
When I was born I wept, and every day brings a reason why, 213
When I’m dead, everybody’s dead, and the pig too, 110
When ill-luck sleeps, let no one wake her, 244
When industry goes out of the door, poverty comes in at the window, 342
When it is God’s will to plague a man, a mouse can bite him to death, 298
When it pours upon the parson, it drops upon the clerk, 391
When it rains in August, it rains honey and wine, 244
When it rains in February, it will be temperate all the year, 244
When it rains porridge the beggar has no spoon, 391
When it thunders, the thief becomes honest, 123
When joy is in the parlour, sorrow is in the passage, 391
When lazy horses begin to start, old women to dance, and white clouds to rain, there is no stopping them, 392
When many shepherds tend the sheep, they but so much the longer sleep, 340
When mistrust enters, love departs, 379
When need is greatest, help is nearest, 178
When neighbours quarrel, lookers-on are more apt to add fuel than water, 401
When nought comes to aught, it does not know itself, 299
When old horses get warm, they are not easily held in, 177
When one door shuts, a hundred open, 244
When one foot stumbles, the other is near falling, 391
When one goose drinks, all drink, 171
When one has not what one likes, one must like what one has, 48
When one is dead, it is for a long while, 48
When one sheep is over the dam, the rest follow, 298
When one wolf eats another, there is nothing to eat in the wood, 245
When (or after) our daughter is married, sons-in-law are plenty, 47, 195
When poor, liberal; when rich, penurious, 244
When poverty (or misfortune) comes in at the door, love flies out at the window, 171, 178
When prosperity smiles, beware of its guiles, 299
When rogues go in procession the devil carries the cross, 122
When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game, 178
When the ass is too happy he begins dancing on the ice, 297
When the bee sucks, it makes honey, when the spider, poison, 245
When the beer (or wine) goes in the wit goes out, 298, 392
When the blind man carries the banner, woe to those who follow, 47
When the cage is ready the bird is flown, 47
When the calf is drowned they cover the well, 332
When the calf is stolen, the peasant mends the stall, 178
When the cat sleeps, the mice play, 297
When the cat’s away, it is jubilee with the mice, 298
When the cat’s away the mice (or rats) dance, 122
When the cat’s away the mice will play, 1, 178, 261, 292, 391
When the child cuts its teeth, death is on the watch, 244
When the child is christened come godfathers enough, 11
When the cook and the steward fall out we hear who stole the butter, 298
When the cook is roasting for the butler, woe to the master’s wine-cask, 391
When the cord is tightest it is nearest snapping, 392
When the corsair promises masses and candles, it goes ill with the galley, 243
When the crane attempts to dance with the horse she gets broken bones, 393
When the devil finds the door shut he goes away, 46, 200
When the devil gets into the church he seats himself on the altar, 331
When the devil grows old he turns hermit, 47, 102
When the devil says his pater-nosters (or prayers) he means to cheat you, 47, 243
When the dog is awake the shepherd may sleep, 177
When the dog is down, every one is ready to bite him, 297
When the dog is drowning every one brings him water, 47
When the door is low one must stoop, 47
When the fields yield not, the saints have not, 244
When the fool has made up his mind the market is over, 243
When the fox licks his paw let the farmer look after his geese, 392
When the fox preaches, look to the geese, 177
When the fox preaches, take care of yourselves, poultry, 123
When the fox preaches to the goose her neck is in danger, 392
When the fox wants to catch geese, he wags his tail, 177
When the Frenchman sleeps the devil rocks him, 47
When the game is most thriving it is time to leave off, 392
When the goose trusts the fox then woe to her neck, 391
When the guest is in most favour he will do well to quit, 177
When the head aches all the limbs ache, 391
When the head is sick the whole body is sick, 299
When the helm is gone the ship will soon be wrecked, 391
When the hen has laid an egg she cackles, 152
When the host smiles most blandly he has an eye to the guest’s purse, 393
When the husband earns well the wife spins well, 298
When the iron is hot, then is the time to strike, 243
When the jest is at its best, ’twill be well to let it rest, 178
When the lion is dead the hares jump upon his carcase, 122
When the lords come out of the council-house, they are wiser than when they went in, 178
When the manger is empty the horses fight, 392
When the measure is full, it runs over, 179
When the millers are making an uproar, tie up your sacks; 122
When the mouse has had enough (or its fill) the meal is bitter, 298, 392
When the old dog barks he gives counsel, 219, 288
When the pear is ripe, it falls, 122, 178
When the pig has had a bellyful it upsets the trough, 299
When the prior plays cards, what will the monks do?, 243
When the rabbit has escaped, comes advice, 216
When the river makes no noise, it is either dried up or much swollen, 244
When the rooks are silent the swans begin to sing, 351
When the root is worthless, so is the tree, 188
When the sack is full it pricks up its ears, 178, 298
When the shepherd strays, the sheep stray, 297
When the Spaniard sings, he is either mad or has no money, 243
When the spleen increases, the body diminishes, 243
When the stomach is full the heart is glad, 297
When the summer is winter, and the winter summer, it is a sorry year, 244
When the sun shines on thee, thou needest not care for the moon, 122
When the sword is in the mouth you must caress the sheath, 392
When the tale of bricks is doubled, then comes Moses, 178
When the tree falls every one runs to cut boughs (or gather sticks), 342, 393
When the tree is down every one runs to it with a hatchet to cut wood, 88
When the tree is down everybody runs for branches, 47
When the waggon is tilting everybody gives it a shove, 393
When the will is prompt the legs are nimble, 94
When the wine is in the man, the wit is in the can, 342
When the wine is in (or goes in) the wit is (or goes) out, 94, 132, 289, 298, 392
When the wine runs to waste in the cellar, he mends the cask, 191
When the wolf grows old the crows ride him, 298
When the wolf’s ears appear, his body is not far off, 392
When the word is out it belongs to another (or some one else), 177
When the words are said, the holy water is made, 47
When the wound is healed the pain is forgotten, 392
When there are two friends to one purse, one sings, the other weeps, 215
When there is a fire in the neighbourhood carry water to your own house, 123
When there is little bread at table put plenty on your plate, 122
When there is no wind every man is a pilot, 47
When there is nothing the church loses, 123
When there is room in the heart there is room in the house, 378
When they give you the calf be ready with the halter, 244
When they offer you a ring, hold out your finger, 244
When thieves fall out, honest men come to their goods, 342
When thieves fall out, their knaveries (or thefts) come to light, 35, 239, 291, 393
When thine enemy retreateth, make him a golden bridge (For a flying enemy make a silver bridge), 299
When things go well it is easy to advise, 299
When thou seest thy house in flames, go warm thyself by it, 245
When thy neighbour’s house is on fire it’s time to look about thee, 299
When two dogs fight for a bone, the third runs away with it, 299
When two enemies blow one horn, the third will have to suffer for it, 392
When two quarrel both are in the wrong, 302
When two Sundays come together, 191
When we ask a favour we say, Madam; when we obtain it, what we please, 244
When we least expect it, the hare darts out of the ditch, 302
When we think to catch we are sometimes caught, 195
When wine enters modesty departs, 94
When wisdom fails luck helps, 357
When wise men play the fool (or pranks) they do it with a vengeance, 108
When woman reigns, the devil governs, 122
When you are an anvil, bear; when you are a hammer, strike, 243
When you are on the road speak not ill of your enemy, 244
When you are well off, keep as you are, 47
When you can’t get bread, oat-cakes are not amiss, 198
When you can’t get meat chickens and bacon are good, 198
When you eat new bread don’t drink water, 243
When you go to a strange house knock at the door, 244
When you go to dance, take heed whom you take by the hand, 376
When you see the wolf, do not look for his track, 123
When your devil was born, mine was going to school, 122
Where a man feels pain he lays his hand, 302
Where a woman rules the house the devil is serving-man, 188
Where every one goes, the grass never grows, 189
Where force prevails, right perishes, 214
Where friars abound, keep your eyes open, 222
Where friends, there riches, 189, 289
Where ghosts walk, there is loving or thieving, 190
Where God bestows an office, he provides brains to fill it, 177
Where God builds a church the devil builds a chapel, 188
Where gold chinks, arguments are of no avail (Where gold avails, argument fails), 189
Where honour grows a span, folly grows an ell, 174
Where law lacks, honour should eke it out, 357
Where love is, there the eye is, 94
Where luck is wanting, diligence is useless, 214
Where might is master, justice is servant, 189
Where might is right, right is not might, 189
Where misfortune befals injuries follow, 5
Where money and counsel are wanting, it is best not to make war, 379
Where one door is shut another opens, 215
Where poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window, 297
Where remedies are needed, sighing avails not, 93
Where shall the ox go, and not have to plough?, 214, 289
Where shall the ox go but he must labour, since he knows how?, 266
Where the bee sucks honey, the spider sucks poison, 342
Where the best wine grows, the worst is drunk, 188
Where the bird was hatched, it haunts, 307
Where the carrion is, there the eagles gather, 378
Where the cock is the hen does not crow, 289
Where the devil cannot put his head he puts his tail, 102
Where the devil can’t go himself, he sends an old woman, 188
Where the dike (or dam) is lowest, the water first runs over, 342
Where the goat is tied she must browse, 44
Where the goat leaps, leaps that which sucks her, 241
Where the hedge is lowest, every one goes over, 94, 188, 342
Where the hedge is lowest men leap over, 44
Where the hedge is lowest, the devil leaps over, 188
Where the hostess is handsome the wine is good, 44
Where the lion’s skin falls short, borrow of the fox, 188
Where the lion’s skin falls short, piece it out with (or join) that of the fox, 93, 94
Where the Pope is, Rome is, 94
Where the river is deepest it makes least noise, 94, 215, 289
Where the sea goes let the sands go, 241
Where the ship goes the brig can go, 94
Where the thread is weakest it breaks, 44
Where the wasp has passed the fly sticks fast, 44
Where the wolf gets one lamb he looks for another, 94, 218, 289
Where there are no dogs the fox is a king, 94
Where there are too many cooks the soup will be too salt (Too many cooks spoil the broth), 94
Where there are too many workmen there is little work, 189
Where there is discipline there is virtue; where there is peace there is plenty, 378
Where there is great love there is great pain, 94
Where there is least heart there is most tongue, 94
Where there is little bread, cut first, 267
Where there is no honour there is no dishonour, 289
Where there is no sore there needs no plaister, 44
Where there is no want of will there will be no want of opportunity, 235
Where there is no wit within, no wit will come out, 357
Where there is not equality there never can be perfect love, 94
Where there is nothing, the king (or emperor) loses his rights, 44, 189, 342
Where there is shame, there is virtue, 189
Where there’s a will there’s a way, 67, 214
Where there’s fire there’s smoke, 214
Where there’s money, there is the devil; but where there’s none, a greater evil, 189
Where there’s no fire there’s no smoke, 276, 289
Where there’s no good within, no good comes out, 302
Where there’s no jealousy, there’s no love, 189
Where there’s no love, all faults are seen, 189
Where there’s no might there’s no right, 289
Where there’s no shame, there’s no honour, 189, 308
Where they eat your meat let them pick the bones, 215
Where two fall out the third wins, 189
Where water has been, water will come again, 189
Where will is right, law is banished, 379
Where wine goes in, modesty goes out, 94, 189
Where you cannot climb over you must creep under, 379
Where you lost your cloak, seek it, 215
Where you smart there I will hit you, 204
Where you tell your secret you surrender your freedom, 267
Where you think there is bacon there are not even hooks for it, 194
Where you were a page be not an esquire, 276
Where your father has been with ink, go not you with a bag (_i.e._ what your father has sold and assigned, think not to recover with a bag of papers. In other words, don’t go to law for it), 215
Where’er an ass is crowned to fame, both town and country bear the shame, 189
Wherever there is a pretty spot, the devil plants a monastery or a lord, 189
Wherever there is mischief, there is sure to be a priest and a woman in it, 189
Wherever you are, do as you see done (When you are at Rome, do as Rome does), 214, 241
Whether it be so or not, husband, put on your hood (He had told her there was a new law that every man with horns should wear a hood), 241
Whether the pitcher strike the stone, or the stone the pitcher, woe to the pitcher, 256
While the dogs yelp the hare flies to the wood, 390
While the grass is growing the steed starves, 174, 317, 390
While the great bells are ringing no one hears the little ones, 391
While the pot boils friendship blooms, 169
While there’s life there’s hope, 99, 276
Whilst the dogs are growling at each other the wolf devours the sheep, 45
Whilst the grass grows the steed starves, 110, 154
Whilst the nurse suckles we love her; when she is of no further use she is forgotten, 222
Whilst the tall maid is stooping the little one sweeps the house, 232, 276
White hands are no offence, 228
White meal is not got out of a coal-sack, 16
Whither goest thou, misfortune? To where there is more, 194, 276
Whither goest thou, sorrow? Whither I am used to go, 194
Whither shall the ox go where he will not have to plough?, 194, 214, 289
Who accepts nothing has nothing to return, 184
Who accepts, sells himself, 85
Who answers for another, pays, 52
Who are ready to believe are easy to deceive, 183
Who arrays himself in other men’s garments is stripped on the highway, 247
Who avoids small sins does not fall into great ones, 183
Who begins amiss ends amiss, 187
Who blackens others does not whiten himself, 179
Who blows his nose too hard makes it bleed, 50
Who bows to might loses his right, 186
Who builds on the mob builds on sand, 81
Who buys land buys war, 79
Who buys wants a hundred eyes, who sells need have but one, 311
Who can escape envy and blame that speaks or writes for public fame?, 343
Who cannot beat the horse let him beat the saddle, 84
Who cannot fight wins nought by right, 184
Who cannot sing may whistle, 184
Who cannot work out his salvation by heart will not do it by book, 50
Who carries doubtful people to his house will doubtless from his carriage something lose, 187
Who changes country, changes luck, 83
Who changes his condition changes fortune, 83
Who chastises his child will be honoured by him, who chastises him not will be shamed, 344
Who comes first grinds first, 186, 309
Who comes seldom is welcome, 85
Who comes unbidden departs unthanked, 186
Who could live without hope?, 52
Who dangles after the great is the last at table and the first to be cuffed, 85
Who deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceive me twice, shame on me, 183
Who demands justice must administer justice, 184
Who divides honey with the bear will be like to get the lesser share, 79
Who does all he may never does well, 81
Who does not punish evil, invites it, 187
Who does not venture gets neither horse nor mule, and who ventures too much loses horse and mule, 51
Who does not wish to be like the wolf let him not wear its skin, 84
Who does too much often does little, 127
Who don’t keep faith with God won’t keep it with man, 308
Who doubts, errs not, 49
Who eats capon, capon comes to him, 48
Who eats his fowl alone, must saddle his horse alone, 252, 292
Who errs in the tens errs in the thousands, 80
Who excuses himself accuses himself, 53, 86, 310
Who excuses himself without being accused proclaims his fault, 86
Who faints not, achieves, 265
Who falls short in the head, must be long in the heels, 175
Who fears no shame comes to no honour, 308 (_See_ Where there’s no shame)
Who frequents the kitchen smells of smoke, 81
Who gives, teaches a return, 79
Who gives to me, teaches me to give, 310
Who gives well, sells dear, if the receiver be not a churl, 78
Who gives what he has, before he is dead, take a mallet and knock that fool on the head, 247
Who glows not, burns not, 83
Who goes and returns makes a good journey, 54
Who goes fasting to bed will sleep but lightly, 344
Who goes himself is in earnest, who sends is indifferent, 87
Who goes not, sees not; who proves not, believes not, 84
Who goes softly goes safely, and he that goes safely goes far, 86
Who has a bad wife, his hell begins on earth, 309
Who has a head won’t want for a hat, 181
Who has a tongue in his head can go all the world over (or to Rome), 81
Who has but one eye must take good care of it, 310
Who has, is, 81
Who has, let him thereof take heed; love wanes, misfortune comes with speed, 182
Who has love in his heart has spurs in his sides, 81
Who has many servants has many thieves, 311
Who has never done thinking never begins doing, 83
Who has no bread to spare should not keep a dog, 201
Who has no children does not know what love is, 83
Who has no head should have legs, 83
Who has no money in his purse must have honey in his mouth, 83
Who has no money must have no wishes, 83
Who has no plagues makes himself some, 83
Who has no shame all the world is his own, 82, 84
Who has no thirst has no business at the fountain, 343
Who has not, cannot, 50
Who has not, is not, 83
Who has nothing, fears nothing, 83, 201
Who has nothing, is nothing, 83
Who has patience may get fat thrushes at a farthing apiece, 82
Who has patience sees his revenge, 82
Who has plenty of pepper may pepper his beans, 344
Who has something, is something, 82
Who has tasted a sour apple, will have the more relish for a sweet one, 183
Who has time, yet waits for time, comes to a time of repentance, 253
Who hath no courage must have legs, 83
Who hears but one bell hears but one sound, 50
Who heeds not little things, will be troubled about lesser ones, 182
Who herds with wolves, must howl with wolves, 183 (_See_ He who herds)
Who holds his peace and gathers stones, will find a time to throw them, 292
Who honours not age, is unworthy of it, 186
Who hunts two hares together catches neither, 186 (_See_ He who hunts)
Who is always prying into other men’s affairs, leads a dangerous life, 249
Who is born a fool is never cured, 83
Who is born of a cat will run after mice, 50
Who is in fear of every leaf must not go into the wood, 82, 311
Who is in the right fears, who is in the wrong hopes, 82, 311
Who is over nice, loses many a shoe, 181
Who is righteous overmuch is a morsel for the Old One, 310
Who is tender in everything is a fool in everything (Catalan), 245
Who is to bell the cat?, 249
Who is to carry the cat to the water?, 249
Who is well seated should not budge, 186
Who is your enemy? A man of your own trade, 249
Who judges others, condemns himself, 78
Who knows most, believes least, 85
Who knows most, forgives most, 85
Who knows most, says least, 51, 85, 250
Who knows not how to dissemble knows not how to reign, 84
Who knows not how to flatter knows not how to talk, 84
Who knows not how to pray let him go sail the sea, 84
Who _knows_ nothing in his thirtieth year, _is_ nothing in his fortieth, _has_ nothing in his fiftieth, _learns_ nothing, _is_ nothing, and _comes to_ nothing, 182
Who knows the tongues is at home everywhere, 308
Who laughs at others’ ills, has his own behind the door, 85
Who lends his lips to nought but blame, has in his heart no love of fame, 184
Who lends recovers not; or if he recovers, recovers not all; or if all, not much; or if much, a mortal enemy, 251
Who lends to a friend loses doubly, 52
Who lets another sit on his shoulder, will soon have him on his head, 185 (_See_ He who lets)
Who lies down with dogs gets up with fleas, 79 (_See_ He that lies)
Who lives on the score has shame evermore, 54
Who lives will see, 54
Who loves, believes, 78
Who loves, fears, 78
Who loves his work and knows to spare, may live and flourish anywhere, 179
Who loves not women, wine, and song, remains a fool his whole life long, 184
Who loves the tree loves the branch, 78
Who loves well chastises well, 28, 48, 78
Who loves well is slow to forget, 48
Who makes friends of all, keeps none, 179
Who makes no promises has none to perform, 184
Who makes the wolf his companion should carry a dog under his cloak, 81
Who moves picks up, who stands still dries up, 86
Who neither believes heaven or hell, the devil heartily wishes him well, 189
Who offends writes on sand; who is offended, on marble, 84
Who often changes, suffers, 53
Who paints me before, blackens me behind, 79
Who pays a debt creates capital, 85
Who pays beforehand is served behindhand, 85
Who pays promptly borrows when he will, 51
Who proves too much, proves nothing, 52
Who punishes one threatens a hundred, 53
Who readily borrows, readily lies (Debtors are liars), 182
Who receives, should thank; who gives, should be silent, 181
Who reckons without his host must reckon again, 311 (_See_ He that reckons)
Who refuses, muses, 52
Who refuses to submit to justice, must not complain of oppression, 184
Who rides slow must saddle betimes, 183
Who runs is followed, 343
Who saves, saves for the cat, 85
Who says little, has little to answer for, 186
Who serves the mass is thanked by none, but cursed if aught be left undone, 53
Who serves the public, serves no one (or a fickle master), 85, 308 (_See_ He who serves)
Who serves well and says nothing makes claim enough, 73
Who serves well asks enough, 5
Who sings, drives away care, 247
Who sows ill, reaps ill, 82
Who sows, reaps, 53
Who sows thorns should not go barefoot, 53, 85
Who speaks, sows; who listens, reaps, 51
Who spits against heaven, it falls on his head, 49
Who spits against the wind, fouls his beard, 344 (_See_ He who spits)
Who steals a calf, steals a cow, 181
Who takes a lion at a distance fears a mole present, 85
Who takes an eel by the tail and a woman at her word, may say he holds nothing, 85
Who takes an eel by the tail or a woman by her word, grasp as he will, holds nothing fast, 181
Who talks much, errs much, 250
Who the daughter would win, with mamma must begin, 161
Who threatens, warns, 181
Who throws a stone above himself may have it fall on his own head (Eccles. xxvii. 25), 181
Who throws a stone at the sky, may have it fall on his head, 79
Who to-day was a haughty knight, is to-morrow a penniless wight, 309
Who troubles others has no rest himself, 78
Who undertakes many things at once seldom does anything well, 311
Who undertakes too much seldom succeeds, 310
Who ventures nothing has no luck (Nothing venture, nothing have), 251
Who ventures to lend, loses money and friend, 310
Who wants fire, let him look for it in the ashes, 311
Who wants to beat a dog, soon finds a stick, 87, 308 (_See_ He that wants)
Who watches not, catches not, 310
Who weds a sot to get his cot, will lose the cot and keep the sot, 312
Who will not feed the cats, must feed the mice and rats, 184
Who will not when he can, can’t when he will, 292 (_See_ He that will not)
Who wishes for a short Lent let him contract debts to be paid at Easter, 88
Who wives for a dower, resigns his own power, 52
Who would be rich, must keep his soul under cover of his cash-box, 185
Who would be young in age, must in youth be sage, 182
Who would have many friends let him test but few, 87
Who would not have feet set on his neck, let him not stoop, 84
Who would regard all things complacently must wink at a great many, 344
Who would win, must learn to bear, 182
Who would wish to be valued must make himself scarce, 186
Whoever brings finds the door open for him, 72
Whoever falls sick of folly, is long in getting cured, 248
Whom fortune favours, the world favours, 177
Whom God loves, his bitch litters pigs, 201
Whore or thief, young or old, welcome so you’ve got the gold, 168
Whoredom and thieving are never long concealed, 242
Whose bread I eat, his song I sing, 187
Whoso hath land hath war, 53
Whoso hunteth with cats will catch nothing but rats, 309
Whoso is tired of happy days, let him take a wife, 309
Whoso is well let him keep so, 49
Who’s the man that was never fooled by a woman?, 153
Will he nill he, the ass must go to the fair, 293
Will is power, 64
Willows are weak, yet serve to bind bigger wood, 105
Win a bet (or game) of your friend, and drink it on the spot, 203, 268
Wind and fortune are not lasting, 261, 295
Windmills are not driven by bellows, 188
Wine and women make fools of everybody, 176
Wine poured out is not wine swallowed, 64
Wine upon beer is very good cheer, beer upon wine consider with fear, 176
Wine wears no breeches, 36, 220
Wine will not keep in a foul vessel, 17
Wipe the nose of your neighbour’s son, and marry him to your daughter, 196, 288
Wipe your sore eye with your elbow, 219, 288
Wisdom in the man, patience in the wife, brings peace to the house, and a happy life, 344
Wisdom is the least burdensome travelling pack, 381
Wise lads and old fools were never good for anything, 124
Wise men sue for offices, and blockheads get them, 341
Wishes never filled the bag, 41
With a little wrong a man comes by his right, 209
With a staircase before you, you look for a rope to go down by, 193
“With all my heart!” (or great pleasure), says the boor when he must, 161, 173
With an old husband’s hide one buys a young one, 16
With art and knavery we live through half the year; with knavery and art we live through the other half, 88
With great men one must allow five to be an even number, 135
With honour in store, what would you more, 343
With houses and gold, men are rarely bold, 189
With law must the land be built, 390
With lightning and with love, the clothes sound, the heart burned, 220
With money you would not know yourself, without money nobody would know you, 209
With patience and time the mulberry-leaf becomes a silk gown, 162
With the fox one must play the fox, 89
With the good we become good, 301
With the Gospel men may become heretics, 88
With the help of an If, you might put Paris into a bottle, 7
With the hide of the dog its bite is cured, 89
With time and straw medlars ripen, 7, 88
With wishing comes grieving, 89
Without bread and wine, even love will pine, 55
Without debt, without care, 126
Without knowledge, without sin, 165
Witticisms spare no one, 9
Woe be to an evil eye, 403
Wolves are often hidden under sheep’s clothing, 393
Wolves do not eat wolves (or one another), 35, 104, 109
Woman impromptu, man on reflection, 105
Woman’s beauty, the forest echo, and rainbows, soon pass away, 176
Women always speak the truth, but not the whole truth, 108
Women and glass are always in danger, 265
Women and hens are lost by too much gadding, 98
Women and maidens must be praised, whether truly or falsely, 148
Women are as fickle as April weather, 176
Women are never at a loss for words, 176
Women are supernumerary when present, and missed when absent, 267
Women are watches that keep bad time, 176
Women are wise impromptu, fools on reflection, 125
Women, asses, and nuts, require strong hands, 93
Women, fortune, and gold, favour fools, 176
Women know a point more than the devil, 108
Women, money, and wine, have their balm and their harm, 18
Women, priests, and poultry, never have enough, 93
Women rouge that they may not blush, 108
Women, wind, and fortune, soon change, 233, 283
Women’s tears are a fountain of craft, 106
Woo the widow whilst she is in weeds, 148
Woods have ears and fields have eyes, 174, 304
Word by word great books are made, 39
Words are female, deeds are male, 108
Words are good, but fowls lay eggs, 190
Words are good when works follow, 190
Words don’t fill the belly, 291
Words don’t fill the sack, 190
Words fine and bold are goods half sold, 168
Words of snow, which fell last year, 190
Words often do more than blows, 190
Words once spoken cannot be wiped out with a sponge, 363
Words will not do for my aunt, for she does not put faith even in deeds, 237
Words won’t feed cats, 108
Work done expects money, 287
Workmen are easier found than masters (There are more hands than heads), 187
Worldly good is ebb and flood, 343
Would you be strong, conquer yourself, 188
Would you have me serve you, good king, give me the means of living, 293
Would you know your daughter? See her in company, 293
Would you live long, be healthy and fat, drink like a dog, and eat like a cat, 188
Wounds from the knife are healed, but not those of the tongue, 255
Wounds heal, but not ill words, 256
Wounds pain most when grown cool, 254
Write on one of the devil’s horns, “Good angel,” and many will believe it, 168
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Years and sins are always more than owned, 72
Yesterday a cowherd, to-day a cavalier, 204
Yielding stays war, 163
You a lady, I a lady, who is to put the sow out of doors? (Galician), 262
You can have no more of a fox than his skin, 386
You cannot damage a wrecked ship, 114
You cannot draw blood from a turnip, 114
You cannot drink and whistle at the same time, 388 (_See_ No one can blow)
You cannot get oil out of a wall, 43
You cannot have peace longer than your neighbour chooses, 387 (_See_ No man can have)
You cannot make a good archbishop of a rogue, 387
You cannot make a good hunting-horn (or shaft) of a pig’s tail, 275, 387
You cannot make a hawk of a buzzard, 43
You cannot make a sieve of an ass’s tail, 135
You cannot make an ass drink if he is not thirsty, 43
You cannot pull hard with a broken rope, 387
You cannot sail as you would, but as the wind blows, 387
You cannot shear the sheep closer than the skin, 388
You cannot take a cow from a man who has none, 386
You can’t make pancakes without breaking eggs, 237
You have broken my head, and now you bring me plaister, 245
You have debts, and make debts still; if you’ve not lied, lie you will, 213
You have lent and not recovered; and if recovered, not so much; and if so much, not such; and if such, a mortal enemy, 276 (_See_ Who lends recovers not)
You have married a beauty? So much the worse for you, 109
You may always find an opportunity in your sleeve, if you choose, 387
You may as well give a good beating as a bad one, 7
You may call that your own which no one can take from you, 358
You may cook in small pots as well as in large ones, 388
You may force a horse (or an ox) to the water, but you cannot make him drink, 388, 388
You may force a man to shut his eyes, but you cannot make him sleep, 388
You may gain by fair words what may fail you by angry ones, 386
You may get something off a bone, but nothing off a stone, 387
You may keep yourself safe from fire, but not from a bad man, 276
You may knock a long while against an alder-bush before you get a swarm of bees out of it, 389
You may know the lion by his claw, 3
You may light another’s candle at your own without loss, 388
You may often feel that heavily on your back, which you took lightly on your conscience, 400
You may preach ever so long to the wolf, he will nevertheless call for lamb before night, 390
You may shut your doors against a thief, but not against a liar, 388
You must be strong to pull a rope against a stronger, 357
You must contrive to bake with the flour you have, 386
You must grease the wheels if you would have the car run, 75
You must have good luck to catch hares with a drum, 357 (_See_ Hares)
You must howl with the wolves when you are among them, 390 (_See_ He who herds)
You must judge a maiden at the kneading trough, and not in a dance, 390
You must not throw stones into your neighbour’s garden, 23
You must shift your sail with the wind, 75
You must walk a long while behind a wild goose before you find an ostrich feather, 389
You need not find a shelter for an old ox, 263
You notice what I drink, and not the thirst I feel, 233
You surrender your freedom where you deposit your secret, 201
You used to be a baker, though now you wear gloves, 239
You want better bread than wheaten, 206
You will not be loved if you think of none but yourself, 70, 237
You will not see many with green eyes, 288
Young cats will mouse, young apes will louse, 330
Young dogs have sharp teeth, 402
Young folk, silly folk; old folk, cold folk, 330
Young fools think that the old are dotards, but the old have forgotten more than the young fools know, 305
Young gambler, old beggar, 150, 156
Young people must be taught, old ones be honoured, 363
Young pigs grunt as old hogs grunted before them, 396
Young twigs may be bent, but not old trees, 330
Your cracked jug seems better to me than my sound one, 232
Your enemy makes you wise, 103
Your friend lends, and your enemy asks payment, 332
Your wife and the sauce at the lance hand (the right hand), 227
“Your words are fair,” said the wolf, “but I will not come into the village”, 141
Youth may stray afar yet return at last, 29
THE END.
C. WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND.
End of Project Gutenberg's A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs, by Henry Bohn