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Proverbs 501-550

If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun.
If things were to be done twice all would be wise.
If we can’t as we would, we must do as we can.
If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.
If you agree to carry the calf, they’ll make you carry the cow.
If you cannot bite, never show your teeth.
If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have.
If you dance you must pay the fiddler.
If you laugh before breakfast you’ll cry before supper.
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
If you throw mud enough, some of it will stick.
If you try to please all you will please none.
If you want a thing well done, do it yourself.
Ill-gotten gains never prosper.
Ill-gotten, ill-spent.
In every beginning think of the end.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
In the country of the blind one-eyed man is a king.
In the end, things will mend.
In the evening one may praise the day.
Iron hand in a velvet glove.
It is a good horse that never stumbles.
It is a long lane that has no turning.
It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
It is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait.
It is easy to swim if another holds up your chin.
It is enough to make a cat laugh.
It is good fishing in troubled waters.
It is never too late to learn.
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
It is the first step that costs.
It never rains but it pours.
It’s as broad as it’s long.
It’s no use pumping a dry well.
It’s one thing to flourish and another to fight.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Jackdaw in peacock’s feathers.
Jest with a hole and he will flap you in the face with his tail.
Judge not of men and things at first sight.
Just as the twig is bent, the tree is inclined.
Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it.
Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Last, but not least.
Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free.
Learn to creep before you leap.
Learn to say before you sing.

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