| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Asking |
| | | A gude asker should hae a good nay—say. | 1 |
| Ask for an inch and take an ell. | 2 |
| Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no fibs. Goldsmith. | 3 |
| Ask my chum if I am a thief. | 4 |
| Ask my comrade who is as great a liar as myself. French. | 5 |
| Ask not after a good man’s pedigree. Spanish. | 6 |
| Ask the host if he have good wine. Italian. | 7 |
| Ask the mother if the child be like the father. | 8 |
| Ask the seller if the ware be bad. | 9 |
| Ask the sick man if he wishes for a bed. Turkish. | 10 |
| Ask which was born first the hen or the egg. Italian. | 11 |
| Asking costs little. Italian. | 12 |
| Better ask than go astray. Italian. | 13 |
| Better ask twice than lose your way once. Danish, German. | 14 |
| Do not ask which is the right way from a blind man. German. | 15 |
| He denies himself who asks what it is impossible to grant. | 16 |
| He that asketh faintly beggeth a denial. | 17 |
| He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. Danish. | 18 |
| He’ll never get a pennyworth that is afraid to ask the price. | 19 |
| Lose nothing for asking. | 20 |
| Never ask of him who has, but of him who wishes you well. Spanish. | 21 | | |
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