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