Reference > Quotations > Robert Christy, comp. > Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages
  PREVIOUSNEXT  
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Robert Christy, comp.  Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages.  1887.
 
Warning
 
A man that is warned is half armed.  1
A man warned is as good as two.  French, Italian, Spanish.  2
A man warned is half saved.  German.  3
Forewarned—forearmed.  French.  4
He that gives time to resolve, gives time to deny, and warning to prevent.  5
He was slain that had warning, not he that took it.  6
The tempest threatens before it comes, houses creak before they fall.  Seneca.  7
 
 
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  PREVIOUSNEXT  
 
Loading
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Shakespeare · Bible · Saints · Anatomy · Harvard Classics · Lit. History · Quotations · Poetry
© 1993–2013 Bartleby.com · [Top 150]