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TO TAKE OUT AND PUT BACK NEVER EMPTIES THE POT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WARNS TO BEWARE OF THOSE WHO ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A
HANDOUT.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): BEGGING CHARITY BEGGARS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
Proverb
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Bn [V300] crossed out. Replacedw tih current classification
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beggars ; HORSES ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISHES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |