| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Indiscretion |
| | | Avoiding the rain he met a tempest. Turkish. | 1 |
| He fled from the sword and hid in the scabbard (into which the sword will return). Yorubas (Africa). | 2 |
| He wishes to hide his foot-prints, and yet walks upon snow. Chinese. | 3 |
| Many flee the brook and fall into the river. German. | 4 |
| Many shun the sword and come to the gallows. German. | 5 |
| Nourish a wolf in the winter that he may devour you in the summer. Modern Greek. | 6 |
| Nourish a raven that will pluck out thine eyes. Turkish. | 7 |
| The thrush avoiding the trap fell into bird lime. | 8 |
| To get out of the mire and fall into the river. Portuguese. | 9 |
| To get out of the smoke and fall into the fire. Portuguese. | 10 |
| To sacrifice certain for speculative profits. Latin. | 11 |
| You give the wolf the wether to keep. | 12 | | |
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