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Proverbs starting with the letter F


ProverbOrigin
Fail to steal the chicken while it ate up your bait grain.Japanese
Fair is he that comes, but fairer he that brings.French
Fair things are soon snatched away.French
Fair without, foul within.French
Fair, good, rich, and wise, is a woman four stories high.French
Fall seven times, stand up eightUnknown
Fall sick, and you will see who is your friend and who not.Spanish
Fame is a magnifying glass.Native American
Familiarity breeds contempt.Native American
Fancy passes beauty.Native American
Fancy surpasses beauty.Spanish
Far fowls have fair feathers.Native American
Far from court, far from care.Native American
Farewell baskets, the vintage is ended.French
Fashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all must conform to its whimsical.French
Fast as the hare runs, the greyhound outruns her, since he catches her.Spanish
Fast Ripe, Fast RottenUnknown
Fat broth cannot be made of nothing.French
Fat pastures make fat venison.French
Fear is a great inventor.French
Fear less, hope more,
eat less, chew more,
whine less, breathe more,
talk less, say more,
hate less, love more,
and all good things will be yours
French
Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you, you will not be harmed unless you have sore placesUnknown
Feather by feather the goose can be plucked.French
Feed a cold, starve a fever.American
Feed sparingly and defy the physician.American
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