The Holly and the Ivy The holly and the ivy, When they are both full grown Of all the trees that are in the wood The holly bears the crown O the rising of the sun And the running of the deer The playing of the merry organ Sweet singing...Carols
Afar, it enraptures the heart, when near, it rends the gallbladder.Proverbs and old sayings about heart
An aged steed confined to the stable still aspires after the glory of galloping a thousand miles.Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about glory
There were once three brothers: a lie, theft and the gallows.Proverbs and old sayings Czech about thieves, lie
He who was born to be hanged will not be drowned, unless the water go over the gallows.Proverbs and old sayings Danish about water
A monk in his cloister, a fish in the water, a thief in the gallows.Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves, water
From the same flower the bee extracts honey and the wasp gall.Proverbs and old sayings Italian about garden
The thief proceeds from a needle to gold, and from gold to the gallows.Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about thieves
You will catch more flies with a spoonful of honey than with a gallon of vinegar.Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
Carrick for a man, kyle for a coo, cunningham for corn and ale, and a galloway for woo'.Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about man
When the corsair promises masses and candles, it goes ill with the galley.Proverbs and old sayings Spanish