Pick the goose as long as it has feathers
Dutch Proverb
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JEAN BAPTISTE COLBERT Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose ...
GEORGE HERBERT Chinese people nowadays are tending to move away from eating goose to eating duck and that has affec...
IAN LITTLE The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers wi...
J. B. COLBERT The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers ...
J. B. COLBERT The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of fe...
JEAN BAPTISTE COLBERT We get too soon old and too late smart. -Pennsylvania Dutch proverb.
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB It takes 16 feathers, equal to one goose, to make a single feather shuttle.
HERMAN MOENS Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility.
IMAM ALI (AS) The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the folly of others
LOPE DE VEGA I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE People see what they want to see
SUSAN BETH PFEFFER And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ...
CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism.
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion.
ALBERT J. NOCK Nothing trumps honesty, as far as I'm concerned.
DAVID KOECHNER Under the greenwood tree,
Who loves to lie with me
And tune his merry note,
Unto the ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
THOMAS MIDDLETON Nothing is as burdensome as a secret. French Proverb
FRENCH PROVERB As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dea...
GEORGE HARRISON As far as wrestling goes, as long as my body is able to withstand the physical beating, I will keep ...
TRISH STRATUS A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table.
GARRY TRUDEAU As far as festivals, nothing tops Cannes.
SASHA LANE A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma.
JOYCE MEYER Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE Television's going, as far as I'm concerned, downhill, and I'm an anachronism.
DICK VAN DYKE Wearing corsets all the time was completely incapacitating, as far as digestion goes.
HELENA BONHAM CARTER As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.
JEF RASKIN As far as music, Louis Armstrong is one of my heroes.
JON BATISTE As far as natural ability, I was always athletic.
TROY BROWN That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic.
ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH Fame was not at all what it was cracked up to be, as far as I was concerned.
DAVE MADDEN A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS In Cloud computing the difference between a dark cloud and a cloud with a silver lining, is the part...
RAJAT MOHAN Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trade...
ALDO LEOPOLD O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! And yet again wonderful, and after that, out o...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I was too young that time to value her,
But now I know her. If she be a traitor,
Why, so ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We must strive to let go our life as we planned,so as to have life we are destined for & that comes ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA The surrounding nature is the best erudite master to teach us the basics of living.
ANUJ SOMANY Success is not a journey, it's a destination called satisfaction.
ANUJ SOMANY When you feel this burden, you might be frustrated, wondering why no one else cares as much as you d...
CRAIG GROESCHEL As long as a language lives, the war will not perish.
VIKRANT PARSAI The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole
ARISTOTLE As uncomfortable as it may be, certain feathers must be pecked out to maintain order in the hen hous...
TROY J. GAINEY The Brady Bunch is a live action modern fairytale of family. In this context it's less odd that ...
CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
DANIEL DEFOE An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch
DANIEL DEFOE As far as working out, I know exactly what I'm doing.
EVANDER HOLYFIELD As far as groupies, I never saw any of them.
DAVY JONES As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine.
GERHARD SCHRODER As the old proverb says "Like readily consorts with like."
CICERO Our big project is the Golden Goose Thrift shop. It has truly been the golden goose that has laid th...
JUDY SMITH May as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. English Proverb
ENGLISH PROVERB When you've had a career as long and as varied and as celebrated as Maureen Stapleton, it's hard to ...
LEONARD MALTIN The last goose in the column is flying just as high.
MARTY RUBIN The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowher...
IAN HUNTER Pick your words carefully as it has the power to make the sentence beautiful or ugly.....
ADIL ADAM MEMON ... As far I did it... I lost playing against my computer... and I won against my computer. So far t...
DEYTH BANGER JAQUES: Rosalind is your love's name?
ORLANDO: Yes, just.
JAQUES: I do not lik...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Here comes Monseiur Le Beau.
Rosalind: With his mouth full of news.
Celia: Which he will p...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illu...
JOHN KEATS As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can.
VINCE MCMAHON In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.
KANYE WEST As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
NATALIE GULBIS We've actually eliminated Type II polio in the world, at least as far as we can tell.
SETH BERKLEY Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.
JOSEPH STALIN As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.
ALBERT EINSTEIN Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.
J. P. MORGAN Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to see farther.
THOMAS CARLYLE What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b...
STEPHEN R. COVEY As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.
DONALD TRUMP You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did.
ADAM LAMBERT As far as my notoriety or whatever, I haven't been the star of a hit film.
ALESSANDRO NIVOLA I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano.
ETHEL MERMAN Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY Italy, a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the proverb goes
ROBERT BURTON I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.
HARUKI MURAKAMI Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your li...
JOHN KEATS You don't find interesting stuff because you don't search enough, ... every book has it's own lesson...
DEYTH BANGER That's SHIT!
How do you remove it?
You just put it inside the trash, easy as that.
DEYTH BANGER Only fools wait, and only tools bait.
CRE Normal? What's that?"
"How you really look."
"Can you take off all your clothe...
KIERSTEN WHITE Yeah, I got her,” Will confirms.
“Who you got?” I ask.
“You, drunk girl. Come on.�...
KRISTEN PROBY Will father be there?" she asked.
John turned to her in astonishment.
Your fat...
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ...
DWIGHT W. HAYES In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get.
GAYLE GARDNER That's the main thing, as long as they get done the momentum keeps going. You have to pick it up, th...
BRANDY FRAZIER I'm very fortunate to have a career that has lasted as long as it has. Did I think it would last thi...
BARRY WHITE As the Chinese proverb goes, 'Real gold does not fear the test of fire.
CHIN-NING CHU There isn't a class structure in Nigeria; there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as ...
SADE ADU As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.
KAJOL And as far as guitars go, I loved Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West's stuff.
WILLIE NELSON As far as I'm concerned, the best acting class is life.
JAKE MCLAUGHLIN Men, we don't get much, as far as holidays go - Father's Day.
DMX As far as cities go, Havana is a festering treasure chest, a primary color.
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DUTCH PROVERB Hunger makes raw beans taste sweet.
DUTCH PROVERB To eat from both shores
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DUTCH PROVERB Cucumbers are like virgins, they do not keep long
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DUTCH PROVERB It is lonely at the top.
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DUTCH PROVERB A tree does not fall at it's first cut
DUTCH PROVERB Attack makes the best defense
DUTCH PROVERB Patience and grass will become milk.
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DUTCH PROVERB He who has butter on his head, should stay out of the sun.
DUTCH PROVERB A young bum, makes an old beggar.
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DUTCH PROVERB Many become brave when the fiend flees.
DUTCH PROVERB The hunt is better then the prey.
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DUTCH PROVERB Even clean apples can be sour.
DUTCH PROVERB To grab a cow by the horns
DUTCH PROVERB Roses fall, but the thorns remain.
DUTCH PROVERB We grow too soon old and too late smart
DUTCH PROVERB Better lose the anchor than the whole ship
DUTCH PROVERB No matter how fast a lie is, the truth will catch up with her.
DUTCH PROVERB You can't share loneliness.
DUTCH PROVERB The tree of revenge does not carry fruit
DUTCH PROVERB Those that dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in the rain
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DUTCH PROVERB Many small streams make one big river.
DUTCH PROVERB A donkey usually does not hit his foot twice to the same stone.
DUTCH PROVERB Barking dogs won't bite.
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PROVERB Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
PROVERB The time to make friends is before you need them.
PROVERB Short judgments make long friends.
PROVERB It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.
PROVERB A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
PROVERB Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
PROVERB Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
PROVERB From small beginnings come great things.
PROVERB Some will, some don't, so what!
PROVERB Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
PROVERB Try and trust will move mountains.
PROVERB He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.
PROVERB Make peace with man and war with your sins.
PROVERB A sin confessed is half forgiven.
PROVERB All sins cast long shadows.
PROVERB Simplicity is the seal of truth.
PROVERB A silent mouth is melodious.
PROVERB Silence implies consent.
PROVERB The Laws of Clothing Shopping:
If you like it, they don't have it in your size.
If you like it...
PROVERB Shame is worse than death.
PROVERB God likes help when helping people.
PROVERB One is rated by others as he rates himself.
PROVERB Attack is the best form of defense.
PROVERB Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
PROVERB A secret between two is God's secret, between three is all men s.
PROVERB When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.
PROVERB It is better to be safe than sorry.
PROVERB Better to be safe than sorry.
PROVERB Kings have many ears and eyes.
PROVERB It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.
PROVERB Every time you wake up and ask yourself, What good things am I going to do today?, remember t...
PROVERB A soft answer turneth away wrath.
PROVERB Cunning surpasses strength.
PROVERB What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.
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PROVERB The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.
PROVERB Two great talkers will not travel far together.
PROVERB A closed mouth catches no flies.
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PROVERB A good speaker makes a good liar.
PROVERB Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.
PROVERB When at a loss how to go on, cough.
PROVERB Speak when you are spoken to.
PROVERB Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim.
PROVERB The less people think the more they talk.
PROVERB Speak little and to the purpose.
PROVERB Speak and the man shall be shown.
PROVERB The soul is not where it lives, but where it loves.
PROVERB A little body often harbors a great soul.
PROVERB Life without a friend is death without a witness.
PROVERB The larger a man's roof, the more snow it collects.
PROVERB You can't steal second base with your foot on first.
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PROVERB Those who are once found to be bad are presumed so forever.
PROVERB What is the use of running when we are on the wrong.
PROVERB Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
PROVERB Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold.
PROVERB He has hard work who has nothing to do.
PROVERB How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
PROVERB Rest breeds rust.
PROVERB The burden one likes is cheerfully carried.
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PROVERB Respect starts with yourself.
PROVERB He who is near the Church is often far from God.
PROVERB Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy.
PROVERB An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death.
PROVERB Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm.
PROVERB Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.
PROVERB Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar.
PROVERB Private reproof is the best grave for private faults.
PROVERB By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof.
PROVERB The one who pleased everybody died before they were born.
PROVERB Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.
PROVERB A wicked book cannot repent.
PROVERB The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.
PROVERB Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood.
PROVERB Nothing weights lighter than a promise.
PROVERB He loses his thanks who promises and delays.
PROVERB There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give.
PROVERB Live to live and you will learn to live.
PROVERB Every convenience brings its own inconveniences along with it.
PROVERB No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.
PROVERB What is an expert? Someone who is twenty miles from home.
PROVERB Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.
PROVERB He who begins and does not finish loves their pains.
PROVERB We hate delays by others, but sometimes it makes us wise.
PROVERB One of these days, is none of these days.
PROVERB Begin to weave and God will give the thread.
PROVERB Never put off today what you can put off tomorrow.
PROVERB Manana is often the busiest day of the week.
PROVERB Where there are no tigers, a wild cat is very self-important.
PROVERB Pride and poverty don't get along, but often live together.
PROVERB None are more haughty than a common place person raised to power.
PROVERB Today must not borrow from tomorrow.
PROVERB Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.
PROVERB Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.
PROVERB When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.
PROVERB One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer.
PROVERB No one can pray well, but those who live well.
PROVERB Short prayers reach heaven.
PROVERB People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.
PROVERB Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.
PROVERB Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
PROVERB Practice is the best master.
PROVERB The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.
PROVERB Force without forecast is to little avail.
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