Part 46
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