A man without a wife is but half a man.
Proverbs and old sayings English about wife, man
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Don't spoil the ship for a halfpenny of tar.
Proverbs and old sayings English
A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.
Proverbs and old sayings English about lie, truth, world
Cleanliness is half a meal.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
A month from a skylark, a half from a finch, a little from a wagtail and not a day from a swallow.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about day
A hungry clown is half mad.
Proverbs and old sayings French about clowns
To a rogue a rogue and a half.
Proverbs and old sayings French
A man assailed is half overcome.
Proverbs and old sayings French about man
A sin concealed is half pardoned.
Proverbs and old sayings French about sin
The devil's meal turns half to bran.
Proverbs and old sayings French about devil
A sin that is hidden is half forgiven.
Proverbs and old sayings French about sin
One half the world laughs at the other.
Proverbs and old sayings French about world
The town that parleys is half surrendered.
Proverbs and old sayings French about city
The city that negotiates is half conquered.
Proverbs and old sayings French about city
A mansion pulled down is half built up again.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Life is half spent before one knows what life is.
Proverbs and old sayings French about life
A hundred years of fretting will not pay a halfpenny of debt.
Proverbs and old sayings French
A sin concealed is half pardoned (meaning when care is taken to conceal the scandal).
Proverbs and old sayings French about sin
Light is half a companion.
Proverbs and old sayings about light
To a quick ear half a word.
Proverbs and old sayings German about word
