Famous Proverbs
102 Proverbs about Priest / Page 2
11. Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of gentleman, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade; of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury.
12. God's friends, the priest's foe.
13. Priestly knaves sweat hard at their meat, but never at work get into a heat.
14. Priests and women never forget.
15. Priests bless themselves first.
16. Priests even smile pleasantly on young women.
17. Priests pay each other no tithes.
18. Priests should not prate out of the confessional.
19. The bites of priests and wolves are hard to heal.
20. The priest loves his flock, but the lambs more than the wethers.