OF PROVERBS

FIFTY FAMILIAR PROVERBS AND FOLK
SAYINGS WITH ANNOTATIONS AND
LISTS OF CONNECTED FORMS, FOUND
IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD

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Copyright, 1922
by

Dwight Edwards Marvin

Made in the United States of America

Baucherbocker

Press
New York

Made in the United States of America

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We count him wise who knows the mind and the insides of men, which is done by knowing what is habitual to them.

Bishop Lancelot Andrews, A.D. 1555-1626

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CONTENTS

AUTHORITIES CONSULTED

INTRODUCTION

PROVERBS ANNOTATED

A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE

BUSH

A BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE

A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK. LIKE Father Like

SON. LIKE Mother Like DaughtER

A MAN IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS

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A MAN MAY BRING HIS HOrse to Water, but He

CANNOT MAKE HIM DRINK

A MISS IS as Good as A MILE.

A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN

AN OUNCE Of Mother WIT IS WORTH A POUND OF

A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO Moss.

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