Manx Proverbs - page 2

Avoid all evil. (Manx Proverb)
Better leave something to an enemy than borrow from a friend. View proverb
Manx Proverb
Better to be poor and honest than to be rich and lying. View proverb
Manx Proverb
Between two stools is a fall. View proverb
Manx Proverb
Choose him for a friend who incites you to good works. View proverb
Manx Proverb
Don't tell me what I was, but tell me what I am. View proverb
Manx Proverb
Eaten food is forgotten. View proverb
Manx Proverb
Foolish spending is a father of poverty. View proverb
Manx Proverb
Ten thousand of the greatest faults in our neighbours is of less consequence than the smallest of our own. View proverb
Manx Proverb
The black ox never stamps on his own foot. View proverb
Manx Proverb
The crooked bannock straightens the body. (Manx Proverb)
The greatest pleasure in life lies in doing that which people say we cannot do. View proverb
Manx Proverb
The man who looks after his own work has plenty to do to keep everything right. View proverb
Manx Proverb
The man who minds his own business well has always enough to do. View proverb
Manx Proverb
The remembrance of the heart is better than the remembrance of the head. View proverb
Manx Proverb
The smaller the company the bigger the share. View proverb
Manx Proverb
The weaknesses of old age are no fit cause for laughter, since they must be our own portion at the end. View proverb
Manx Proverb
They live like cat and dog. View proverb
Manx Proverb
To share is sweet, but to pay is bitter. View proverb
Manx Proverb
Two faggots will burn better than one. View proverb
Manx Proverb
What's taken well is better than what's well done. (Manx Proverb)
When men are rightly occupied their happiness grows of their work. View proverb
Manx Proverb
Give a piece to the raven and he'll come again. View proverb
Manx Proverb
The more a man catches the more he'll have. View proverb
Manx Proverb
Black as is the raven, he'll get a partner. View proverb
Manx Proverb