601.
May the curse of Mary Malone and her nine blind illegitimate children chase you so far over the hills of Damnation that the Lord himself can't find you with a telescope.
602.
May the grass grow at your door and the fox build his nest on your hearthstone.
May the light fade from your eyes, so you never see what you love.
May your own blood rise against you, and the sweetest drink you take be the bitterest cup of sorrow.
May you die without benefit of clergy;
May there be none to shed a tear at your grave, and may the hearthstone of hell be your best bed forever.
603. May you have a bright future - as the chimney sweep said to his son.
604. May you wander over the face of the earth forever, never sleep twice in the same bed, never drink water twice from the same well, and never cross the same river twice in a year.
605. May your every wish be granted.
606. May your left ear wither and fall into your right pocket.
607. Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.
608. Mere words do not feed the friars.
609. More grows in the garden than the gardener knows he has sown.
610. More things belong to marriage than four bare legs in a bed.
611. Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat.
612. Necessity is the mother of invention.
613. Necessity knows no law.
614. Necessity never made a good bargain.
615. Need teaches a plan.
616. Never cut what can be untied.
617. Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking.
618. Never marry for money. We’ll borrow it cheaper.
619. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
620. Night is the mother of council.
621. No man limps because another is hurt.
622. No man ought to look a given horse in the mouth.
623. No rose without a thorn, or a love without a rival.
624. No time like the present.
625. Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.
626. Not wine...men intoxicate themselves; Not vice...men entice themselves.
627. Nothing is as burdensome as a secret.
628. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
629. One beggar at the door is enough.
630. One cannot shoe a running horse.
631. One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
632. One flower will not make a garland.
633. One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.
634. One good turn deserves another.
635. One of these days is none of these days.
636. One should go invited to a friend in good fortune, and uninvited in misfortune.
637. One swallow makes not a summer.
638. One woman never praises another.
639. Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches
640. Out of the frying pan into the fire.
641. Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet.
642. Patience is poultice for all wounds.
643. Patience is the best medicine.
644. People live in each other's shelter.
645. Pigs might fly, but they are most unlikely birds.
646. Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks.
647. Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.
Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.
648. Practice makes perfect.
649. Praise the young and they will blossom
650. Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
651. Procrastination is the thief of time.
652. Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat.
653. Quiet people are well able to look after themselves.
654. Rags to riches to rags.
655. Rain beats a leopard's skin, but it does not wash off the spots.
656. Rats desert a sinking ship.
657. Riches run after the rich, and poverty runs after the poor.
658. Roasted pigeons will not fly into one's mouth.
659. Rome was not built in a day.
660. Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
661. Seek counsel of him who makes you weep, and not of him who makes you laugh.
662. Set a beggar on horseback, and he 'll out ride the Devil.
663. Set a thief to catch a thief.
664. Silence was never written down.
665. Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.
666. Sit a beggar at your table and he will soon put his feet on it.
667. Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.
668. Small children give you headache; big children heartache.
669. Some people are masters of money, and some its slaves.
670. Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the time
I am being carried on great wings across the sky.
671. Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.
672. Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
673. Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
674. Stars are not seen by sunshine.
675. Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
676. Sweet is the wine but sour is the payment.
677. Take heed of enemies reconciled, and of meat twice boiled.
678. Take thy thoughts to bed with thee, for the morning is wiser than the evening.
679. Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.
680. Tell me who you live with and I will tell you who you are.
681. Tell the truth and shame the devil.
682. The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
683. The best advice is found on the pillow.
684. The best thing about a man is his dog.
685. The big thieves hang the little ones.
686. The church is near but the road is icy; the bar is far away but I'll walk carefully.
687. The comforter's head never aches.
688. The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
689. The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail.
690. The devil looks after his own.
691. The devil seduced Eve in Italian. Eve mislead Adam in Bohemian. The Lord scolded them both in German. Then the angel drove them from paradise in Hungarian.
692. The fat is in the fire.
693. The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
694. The girl who can't dance says the band can't play.
695. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
696. The great thieves lead away the little thieves.
697. The green new broom swept clean.
698. The hole is more honorable than the patch.
699. The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.
700. The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law.
May the curse of Mary Malone and her nine blind illegitimate children chase you so far over the hills of Damnation that the Lord himself can't find you with a telescope.
602.
May the grass grow at your door and the fox build his nest on your hearthstone.
May the light fade from your eyes, so you never see what you love.
May your own blood rise against you, and the sweetest drink you take be the bitterest cup of sorrow.
May you die without benefit of clergy;
May there be none to shed a tear at your grave, and may the hearthstone of hell be your best bed forever.
603. May you have a bright future - as the chimney sweep said to his son.
604. May you wander over the face of the earth forever, never sleep twice in the same bed, never drink water twice from the same well, and never cross the same river twice in a year.
605. May your every wish be granted.
606. May your left ear wither and fall into your right pocket.
607. Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.
608. Mere words do not feed the friars.
609. More grows in the garden than the gardener knows he has sown.
610. More things belong to marriage than four bare legs in a bed.
611. Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat.
612. Necessity is the mother of invention.
613. Necessity knows no law.
614. Necessity never made a good bargain.
615. Need teaches a plan.
616. Never cut what can be untied.
617. Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking.
618. Never marry for money. We’ll borrow it cheaper.
619. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
620. Night is the mother of council.
621. No man limps because another is hurt.
622. No man ought to look a given horse in the mouth.
623. No rose without a thorn, or a love without a rival.
624. No time like the present.
625. Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.
626. Not wine...men intoxicate themselves; Not vice...men entice themselves.
627. Nothing is as burdensome as a secret.
628. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
629. One beggar at the door is enough.
630. One cannot shoe a running horse.
631. One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
632. One flower will not make a garland.
633. One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.
634. One good turn deserves another.
635. One of these days is none of these days.
636. One should go invited to a friend in good fortune, and uninvited in misfortune.
637. One swallow makes not a summer.
638. One woman never praises another.
639. Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches
640. Out of the frying pan into the fire.
641. Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet.
642. Patience is poultice for all wounds.
643. Patience is the best medicine.
644. People live in each other's shelter.
645. Pigs might fly, but they are most unlikely birds.
646. Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks.
647. Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.
Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.
648. Practice makes perfect.
649. Praise the young and they will blossom
650. Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
651. Procrastination is the thief of time.
652. Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat.
653. Quiet people are well able to look after themselves.
654. Rags to riches to rags.
655. Rain beats a leopard's skin, but it does not wash off the spots.
656. Rats desert a sinking ship.
657. Riches run after the rich, and poverty runs after the poor.
658. Roasted pigeons will not fly into one's mouth.
659. Rome was not built in a day.
660. Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
661. Seek counsel of him who makes you weep, and not of him who makes you laugh.
662. Set a beggar on horseback, and he 'll out ride the Devil.
663. Set a thief to catch a thief.
664. Silence was never written down.
665. Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.
666. Sit a beggar at your table and he will soon put his feet on it.
667. Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.
668. Small children give you headache; big children heartache.
669. Some people are masters of money, and some its slaves.
670. Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the time
I am being carried on great wings across the sky.
671. Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.
672. Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
673. Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
674. Stars are not seen by sunshine.
675. Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
676. Sweet is the wine but sour is the payment.
677. Take heed of enemies reconciled, and of meat twice boiled.
678. Take thy thoughts to bed with thee, for the morning is wiser than the evening.
679. Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.
680. Tell me who you live with and I will tell you who you are.
681. Tell the truth and shame the devil.
682. The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
683. The best advice is found on the pillow.
684. The best thing about a man is his dog.
685. The big thieves hang the little ones.
686. The church is near but the road is icy; the bar is far away but I'll walk carefully.
687. The comforter's head never aches.
688. The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
689. The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail.
690. The devil looks after his own.
691. The devil seduced Eve in Italian. Eve mislead Adam in Bohemian. The Lord scolded them both in German. Then the angel drove them from paradise in Hungarian.
692. The fat is in the fire.
693. The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
694. The girl who can't dance says the band can't play.
695. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
696. The great thieves lead away the little thieves.
697. The green new broom swept clean.
698. The hole is more honorable than the patch.
699. The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.
700. The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law.
