Famous Proverbs
224 Proverbs about Gains / Page 8
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It is useless to gape against an oven.72.
The earthen pan gains nothing by contact with the copper pot.73.
There is no cure against a slanderer's bite.74.
Throw not thy hatchet at the Lord, He will turn the sharp edge against thee.75.
You may shut your doors against a thief, but not against a liar.76.
You must be strong to pull a rope against a stronger.77.
You must knock a long while against an alder-bush before you get a swarm of bees out of it.78.
As ass does not hit himself twice against the same stone.79.
He is no merchant who always gains.80.
He must gape wide who would gape against an oven.