Lean Proverbs - page 2

If you want to lean on a tree, first make sure it can hold you. (African Proverb)
A lean agreement is better than a fat judgement. View proverb
English Proverb
A lean fee is a fit reward for a lazy clerk. View proverb
English Proverb
Better a lean peace than a fat victory. View proverb
English Proverb
A lean calf forgets to skip. View proverb
Danish Proverb
A tottering man must lean upon a staff. View proverb
Danish Proverb
It is bad to lean against a falling wall. View proverb
Danish Proverb
A fat kitchen makes a lean will. View proverb
German Proverb
Better a lean agreement than a fat lawsuit. View proverb
German Proverb
Lean liberty is better than fat slavery. View proverb
German Proverb
Money leant to a friend must be recovered from an enemy. (German Proverb)
Better a lean peace than a fat victory. View proverb
German Proverb
A goose, a woman, and a goat, are bad things lean. View proverb
Portuguese Proverb
A lean horse does not kick. View proverb
Italian Proverb
Long lean wakes hameald cattell. View proverb
Scottish Proverb
A fat kitchen makes a lean will. View proverb
French Proverb
He who eats the king's cow lean, pays for it fat. View proverb
French Proverb
The lean dog is all fleas. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
A clean pig makes lean bacon. View proverb
Serbian Proverb
The hedge is trodden down where it seems to lean. View proverb
Latin Proverb
Better a lean settlement than a fat litigation. (Faroese Proverb)
We're hungry and lean. View proverb
Cypress Proverb
One with lean meat or merely even just the skin is better off than one with mushrooms. View proverb
African Proverb
Better a lean accord than a hefty sentence. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
However lean the meat may be, it goes well upon bread. View proverb
Turkish Proverb