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Wanting Proverbs
If ill luck were cheese, dairy-women would go wanting work.
Darkovan Proverb
The skilfullest wanting money is scorned.
English Proverb
If deeds are wanting, all words appear mere vanity and emptiness.
Greek Proverb
There is never wanting a dog to bark at you.
Portuguese Proverb
Mills and wives are ever wanting.
Italian Proverb
Where luck is wanting, diligence is useless.
Spanish Proverb
Refusing and wanting at the same time.
Swahili Proverb
It is no good going to the river just wanting to catch a fish; you have to take a net as well.
Chinese Proverb
A picture is a poem wanting words.
Latin Proverb
Real wealth consists not in having, but in not wanting.
Latin Proverb
A stupid turtle-dove is sometimes surprised by night for wanting one more grain of castor-oil plant.
Bajan Proverb
A stupid turtle-dove is sometimes surprised by night for wanting.
Kikuyu Proverb
The means were wanting, not the will.
Latin Proverb