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Title: Dumpy Proverbs

Author: Honor C. Appleton

Release date: February 14, 2008 [eBook #24610]
Most recently updated: January 3, 2021

Language: English

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18.    Little White Barbara.
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20.    Towlocks and His Wooden Horse.
21.    The Three Little Foxes.
22.    The Old Man's Bag.
23.    The Three Goblins.
24.    Dumpy Proverbs.
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26.    Little Yellow Wang-lo.
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28.    The Sooty Man.
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DUMPY
PROVERBS

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HONOR C. APPLETON


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24. Dumpy Proverbs

SIR JOSEPH CAUSTON & SONS LIMITED LONDON

I. Opportunity makes the thief.

I.

Opportunity makes the thief.

Dumpy Proverbs

BY

Honor C. Appleton

ILLUSTRATED
IN COLOURS




LONDON:
GRANT RICHARDS
1903

[6]

Don't stop the plough to catch a mouse.

Don't stop the plow to catch a mouse

[7]
[10]

Conscience makes cowards of us all

II.

Conscience makes cowards of us all.

III.

Disobedience brings its own reward.

Disobedience brings its own reward

[15]
[18]

Time and tide wait for no man.

Time and tide wait for no man.

You need not cry over spilt milk.

You need not cry over spilt milk.

[23]
[26]

Fine feathers make fine birds.

I.

Fine feathers make fine birds.

II.

Look before you leap.

Look before you leap.

[31]
[31]

Those that laugh last, laugh longest.

III.

Those that laugh last, laugh longest.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

[39]
[42]

A miss is as good as a mile.

A miss is as good as a mile.

I.

Pride comes before a fall.

Pride comes before a fall.

[47]
[50]

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

II.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

[55]

III.

It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.

[58]

A watched pot never boils.

A watched pot never boils.

A stitch in time saves nine.

A stitch in time saves nine.

[63]
[66]

Barefooted men should not tread upon thorns.

I.

Barefooted men should not tread upon thorns.

[71]

II.

Experience makes a man wise.

Experience makes a man wise.

[74]

Misfortunes never come singly.

Misfortunes never come singly.

[79]

You cannot catch birds by throwing stones at them.

You cannot catch birds by throwing stones at them.

[82]

Where there's a will there's a way.

I.

Where there's a will there's a way.

[87]

II.

Appearances are deceitful.

Appearances are deceitful.

[90]

The longest way round is the shortest way home.

The longest way round is the shortest way home.

[95]

Kissing goes by favour.

Kissing goes by favour.

Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

Page number discrepancies are due to blank pages in the original text with the exception of the twice named [31] which was in the original text.