Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Indiscretion

Avoiding the rain he met a tempest.Turkish.

He fled from the sword and hid in the scabbard (into which the sword will return).Yorubas (Africa).

He wishes to hide his foot-prints, and yet walks upon snow.Chinese.

Many flee the brook and fall into the river.German.

Many shun the sword and come to the gallows.German.

Nourish a wolf in the winter that he may devour you in the summer.Modern Greek.

Nourish a raven that will pluck out thine eyes.Turkish.

The thrush avoiding the trap fell into bird lime.

To get out of the mire and fall into the river.Portuguese.

To get out of the smoke and fall into the fire.Portuguese.

To sacrifice certain for speculative profits.Latin.

You give the wolf the wether to keep.