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PROVERB
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Nothing weighs lighter than a promise.
      - (German) [Proverbs]

Nothing worse than a familiar enemy.
      - [Proverbs]

Nothing, however small, is to be irritated.
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

Nought is good for the eyes, but not for the stomach.
      - (German) [Proverbs]

Nought is never in danger.
      - [Proverbs]

Nought needs no hiding-place.
      - (German) [Proverbs]

Nourish not a lion's whelp.
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

Nourish the whelps of a wolf!
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

Novelty always appears handsome.
      - [Proverbs]

Now a layman, to-morrow a clerk.
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

Now I have got a ewe and a lamb,
  Every one cries, "Welcome, Peter."
      - [Proverbs]

Now it rains, and again the sun shines forth brightly in the heavens.
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

Now my resources are reduced to a narrow compass.
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

Now that I have an ewe and a lamb, every one says to me: Good morrow, Peter.
      - (Spanish) [Proverbs]

Nowadays you must go to heaven to meet an angel.
      - (Polish) [Proverbs]

Nurenberg wit and a skilful hand, will find their way through every land.
      - (German) [Proverbs]

Nurse, you are mistress whilst the child sucks, and after that nothing.
      - (Spanish) [Proverbs]

Nurture is above nature.
      - (French) [Proverbs]

O ancient house, by what a different master are you presided over!
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

O daughter, I'm telling you. O daughter-in-law, listen to it.
      - (Kashmiri) [Proverbs]

O eggs, never fight with stones!
      - (Chinese) [Proverbs]

O hawk, the dove that's been wounded by your talons is frightened by the least flutter of a feather.
  [Lat., Terretur minimo pennae stridore columba
    Unguibus, accipiter, saucia facta tuis.]
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

O man, you who do not live a hundred years, why fret a thousand minutes?
      - (Chinese) [Proverbs]

"O what we must suffer for the sake of God's church!" said the abbot, when the roast fowl burned his fingers.
      - (German) [Proverbs]

Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.
      - [Proverbs]

Obedience is much more seen in little things than in great.
      - [Proverbs]

Obedience is the mother of happiness.
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

Obey orders, if you break owners.
      - [Proverbs]

Observe decorum even in your sport.
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.
      - (Greek) [Proverbs]

Obstinately to justify a fault is a second fault.
      - (Latin) [Proverbs]

Of a compliment only a third is meant.
      - (Welsh) [Proverbs]

Of a dead leopard we keep the skin, of man his reputation.
      - (Chinese) [Proverbs]

Of all meat in the world drink goes down the best.
      - [Proverbs]

Of all tame beasts I hate sluts.
      - [Proverbs]

Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is the best.
      - (Chinese) [Proverbs]

Of bad debtors you make take spoilt herrings.
      - (Danish) [Proverbs]

Of big words and feathers may go to the pound.
      - (German) [Proverbs]

Of brothers-in-law and red dogs few are good.
      - (Spanish) [Proverbs]

Of enough men leave.
      - [Proverbs]

Of everything else the newest; of friends, the oldest.
      - (Kurdish) [Proverbs]

Of evil grain no good seed can come.
      - [Proverbs]

Of evils, choose the least.
      - (Portuguese) [Proverbs]

Of evils, the least.
      - (Spanish) [Proverbs]

Of hasty counsel take good heed, for haste is very rarely speed.
      - (Dutch) [Proverbs]

Of idleness comes no goodness.
      - [Proverbs]

Of judgment every one has a stock on hand for sale.
      - (Italian) [Proverbs]

Of listening children have your fears, for little pitchers have great ears.
      - (Dutch) [Proverbs]

Of little cloth but a short cloak.
      - (French) [Proverbs]

Of little meddling cometh great rest.
      - [Proverbs]


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