Proverbs starting with "V"

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• V1 In VAIN does the mill clack if the miller his hearing lack
• V2 In VAIN he craves advice that will not follow it
• V3 In VAIN the net is spread in the sight of the birds
• V4 In VAIN they rise early that use to rise late
• V5 To labor in VAIN
• V6 VAINGLORY is a flower that bears no corn
• V7 The VALE best discovers the hill
• V8 The VALE OF HOLMSDALE never won nor never shall
• V9 On VALENTINE's DAY will a good goose lay; if she be a good goose, her dame well to pay, she will lay two eggs before Valentine's Day
• V10 Assail who will, the VALIANT attends
• V11 He that stays in the VALLEY shall never get over the hill
• V12 VALOR can do little without discretion
• V13 VALOR cannot harbor in base minds
• V14 VALOR (A castle, A city) that parleys is near yielding
• V15 VALOR would fight but discretion would run away
• V16 He turns like a VANE on the housetop (with the wind)
• V17 VANITY will prove vexation
• V18 VARIETY takes away satiety
• V19 A VAUNTER (boaster) and a liar are both one thing
• V20 Raw VEAL and chickens make fat churchyards
• V21 VEAL will be cheap: calves fall
• V22 I will VEASE¹ thee
• V23 As true as VELVET
• V24 VENGEANCE belongs only to God
• V25 VENGEANCE (Divine vengeance) comes slowly but surely
• V26 VENICE, he that does not see thee does not esteem thee
• V27 Never inquire whence VENISON comes
• V28 He has spit his VENOM
• V29 There is no VENOM to¹ that of the tongue
• V30 Many VENTURES make a full freight
• V30a VENUS always leaves an exquisite perfume behind her
• V31 VENUS was choice, yet a wart (mole) on her cheek
• V32 As sour as VERJUICE
• V33 VERVAIN and dill hinder witches of their will
• V34 Do not look upon the VESSEL but upon that which it contains
• V35 The VESSEL of an apothecary has oftentimes poison in the bottom
• V36 Empty VESSELS sound most
• V37 Full VESSELS sound least
• V38 Ill VESSELS seldom miscarry
• V39 Old VESSELS must leak
• V40 The VICAR OF BRAY will be Vicar of Bray still
• V41 The VICAR OF FOOLS (of Saint Fools) be your ghostly¹ father
• V42 No VICE but has its patron
• V43 VICE corrects sin
• V44 VICE is often clothed in virtue's habit
• V45 VICE is slippery like ice
• V46 VICE rules where gold reigns
• V47 VICE the more it is hid the more it increases
• V48 Where VICE is vengeance follows
• V49 VICES are learned without a master
• V50 Do not triumph before the VICTORY
• V51 He gets a double VICTORY who conquers himself
• V52 It is a great VICTORY that comes without blood
• V53 There is more good VICTUALS in England than in seven other kingdoms
• V54 The VIEW of merchandise will cost a man nothing
• V55 Better to be first in a VILLAGE than second at Rome
• V56 Set a VILLEIN on a mule and he knows neither God nor the world
• V57 A VILLEIN made a gentleman knows neither father nor mother
• V58 Make the VINE poor and it will make you rich
• V59 Plant your VINE in a good soil and take a wife of a good race
• V60 The VINE brings forth three grapes: the first of pleasure, the second of drunkenness, the third of sorrow
• V61 The VINE embraces the elm
• V62 The young VINE yields the most but the old one yields the best
• V63 As sharp (keen) as VINEGAR
• V64 It is VINEGAR to the teeth
• V65 A VINEGAR CLOAK
• V66 The VINTNER fears false measure
• V67 No VIPER so little but has its venom
• V68 To nourish a VIPER (snake) in one's bosom
• V69 VIRGINS are angel-like creatures
• V70 He that sows VIRTUE reaps fame
• V71 It is a VIRTUE to abstain from pleasures
• V72 It is a VIRTUE to hate vice
• V73 Make a VIRTUE of necessity
• V74 Only VIRTUE (True fame) never dies
• V75 There is no VIRTUE which poverty destroys not
• V76 VIRTUE and a trade are the best portion for children
• V77 VIRTUE flies from the heart of a mercenary man
• V78 VIRTUE has all things in itself
• V79 VIRTUE is a jewel of great price
• V80 VIRTUE is found in the middle (mean)
• V81 VIRTUE is its own reward
• V82 VIRTUE is more important than blood
• V83 VIRTUE (Valor) is the beauty (nobleness) of the soul (mind)
• V84 VIRTUE is the only ground for friendship to be built upon
• V85 VIRTUE is the true nobility
• V86 VIRTUE (Counsel) must be practiced (honored) not praised
• V87 VIRTUE never grows old
• V88 VIRTUE now is in herbs and stones and words only
• V89 The VIRTUE of a coward is suspicion
• V90 VIRTUE praised increases
• V91 He cannot be VIRTUOUS that is not rigorous
• V92 A well-favored VISOR will hide her ill-favored face
• V93 He has a good VOICE to beg bacon
• V94 The VOICE is the best music
• V95 The VOICE of the people is the voice of God
• V96 Most VOICES carry it
• V97 VOWS made in storms are forgotten in calms
• V98 He that goes and comes makes a good VOYAGE
• V99 That VOYAGE never has luck where each one has one vote
• V100 Long VOYAGES depart friendship