Title: Dumpy Proverbs - Dumpy Books for Children #24
Author: Appleton, Honor C., 1879-1951
Language: English
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DUMPY PROVERBS



HONOR C. APPLETON



THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN


24. Dumpy Proverbs



_The Dumpy Books for Children_

CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo, =1/6= EACH

        =1. The Flamp.=
        =2. Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories.=
        =3. The Bad Family.=
        =4. The Story of Little Black Sambo.=
        =5. The Bountiful Lady.=
        =6. A Cat Book.=
        =7. A Flower Book.=
        =8. The Pink Knight.=
        =9. The Little Clown.=
        =10. A Horse Book.=
        =11. Little People: An Alphabet.=
        =12. A Dog Book.=
        =13. The Adventures of Samuel and Selina.=
        =14. The Little Girl Lost.=
        =15. Dollies.=
        =16. The Bad Mrs. Ginger.=
        =17. Peter Piper's Practical Principles.=
        =18. Little White Barbara.=
        =19. The Japanese Dumpy Book.=
        =20. Towlocks and His Wooden Horse.=
        =21. The Three Little Foxes.=
        =22. The Old Man's Bag.=
        =23. The Three Goblins.=
        =24. Dumpy Proverbs.=
        =25. More Dollies.=
        =26. Little Yellow Wang-lo.=
        =27. Plain Jane.=
        =28. The Sooty Man.=
        =29. Fishy-Winkle.=

_A Cloth Case to contain Twelve Volumes can be had, price 2s. net; or
the First Twelve Volumes in Case, price £1 net._

        =LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS,=
        =48=, LEICESTER SQUARE.


[Illustration: SIR JOSEPH CAUSTON & SONS LIMITED LONDON ]


[Illustration:

I.

Opportunity makes the thief.]



Dumpy Proverbs

BY Honor C. Appleton


ILLUSTRATED IN COLOURS


LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS 1903


Don't stop the plough to catch a mouse.

[Illustration]


II.

Conscience makes cowards of us all.

[Illustration]

[Illustration]


III.

Disobedience brings its own reward.


Time and tide wait for no man.

[Illustration]

[Illustration]


You need not cry over spilt milk.


I.

Fine feathers make fine birds.

[Illustration]

[Illustration]


II.

Look before you leap.


III.

Those that laugh last, laugh longest.

[Illustration]

[Illustration]


Let sleeping dogs lie.


A miss is as good as a mile.

[Illustration]

[Illustration]


I.

Pride comes before a fall.


II.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

[Illustration]

[Illustration]


III.

It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.


A watched pot never boils.

[Illustration]

[Illustration]


A stitch in time saves nine.


I.

Barefooted men should not tread upon thorns.

[Illustration]

[Illustration]


II.

Experience makes a man wise.


Misfortunes never come singly.

[Illustration]

[Illustration]


You cannot catch birds by throwing stones at them.


I.

Where there's a will there's a way.

[Illustration]

[Illustration]


II.

Appearances are deceitful.


The longest way round is the shortest way home.

[Illustration]

[Illustration]


Kissing goes by favour.

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Transcriber's Note:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.





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