Famous Proverbs
692 Proverbs about Want / Page 13
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I don't want the cheese; I just want out of the trap.122.
If you want to be dead, wash your head and go to bed.123.
If you want to be revenged, hold your tongue.124.
If you want to beat a dog, say he eat your iron.125.
If you want to know secrets, seek for them in trouble or in pleasure.126.
If you want to know what a ducat is worth, try to borrow one.127.
If you want to know what a man is really like, notice how he acts when he loses money.128.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.129.
If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.130.
If you want to thrash your wife, ask her for a drink of water in the sun.