Silk Proverbs - page 2

With patience and time the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. (German Proverb)
Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat. View proverb
Irish Proverb
If you put a silk dress on a goat, he is a goat still. View proverb
Irish Proverb
If you put a silk suit on a goat it is still a goat. View proverb
Irish Proverb
Ye cannot make a silk purse of a sows lug. View proverb
Scottish Proverb
Go to Catania for beautiful silk jackets. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
You cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
An ape's an ape, a varlet's a varlet, though they be clad in silk and scarlet. View proverb
Latin Proverb
On the belly there is silk, but in the belly - just a click. View proverb
Russian Proverb
A monkey, even dressed in silk is still a monkey. View proverb
Venezuelan Proverb
If you gently touch a nettle it'll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an' as soft as silk remains. (Asian-indian Proverb)
Though the fox wear silk, he is still a fox. View proverb
Albanian Proverb
He who has daughters to marry, let him give them silk to spin. View proverb
Spanish Proverb