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Proverb

Murder will out.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Naethin is got without pains but dirt and lang nails.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Naething in haste but gripping o' fleas.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Ne'er go to the deil wi' a dishclout in your hand.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Near is my petticoat, but nearer is my smock.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Neck or nothing, for the king loves no cripples.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Need makes the naked man run.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Need makes the naked quean spin.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Never deal with the man when you can deal with the master.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Never put out your arm further than you can easily draw it back again.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Never show your teeth when you can't bite.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Never trust much to a new friend or an old enemy.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

Never yowl till you're hit.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

No feast to a miser's.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

No longer foster, no longer friend.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

No man cries stinking fish.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

No man is his craft's master the first day.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

No mill, no meal.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

No one knows where the shoe pinches so well as he that wears it.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

No pains, no gains.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

No safe wading in unknown waters.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

No secrets but between two.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.

Proverb

No sweat, no sweet.

Walter K. Kelly (1859 compiler) · 1859 British compilation · Sentence

A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.