| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Stumble |
| | | A stumble may prevent a fall. | 1 |
| Better stumble once than be always tottering. French. | 2 |
| Even a horse though he has four feet stumbles. Italian, German, Dutch. | 3 |
| He that stumbles and falls not mends his pace. French, Spanish. | 4 |
| He who stumbles twice over the same stone deserves to break his neck. Spanish. | 5 |
| I never desired you to stumble at the stone that lieth at my door. | 6 |
| It is disgraceful to stumble thrice at the same stone. Greek. | 7 |
| No wonder if he break his head who stumbles twice over the same stone. German. | 8 |
| To stumble at a straw and leap over a block. | 9 |
| Well may he stumble that chooses a stony way. | 10 |
| When one foot stumbles the other is near falling. Danish. | 11 |
| Who is not quick on his feet will stumble. | 12 |
| Wisely and slow: they stumble that run fast. Shakespeare. | 13 | | |
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