John Ploughman's Pictures; or, More of His Plain Talk for Plain People

All 35 extracted entries from John Ploughman's Pictures; or, More of His Plain Talk for Plain People by Charles Spurgeon. Public-domain work in the Berean…

PREFACE
Hunchback sees not his own hump, but he sees his neighbor's
It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright
He who would please all will lose his donkey
All are not hunters that blow the horn
A handsaw is a good thing, but not to shave with
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face
He has a hole under his nose, and his money runs into it
Every man should sweep before his own door
Scant feeding of man or horse is small profit and sure loss
Never stop the plough to catch a mouse
A looking-glass is of no use to a blind man
He has got the fiddle, but not the stick
Great cry and little wool, as the man said who clipped the sow
You may bend the sapling, but not the tree
A man may love his house, though he ride not on the ridge
Great drinkers think themselves great men
Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it
He lives under the sign of the cat's foot
He would put his finger in the pie, so he burnt his nail off
You can't catch the wind in a net
Beware of the dog
Like cat like kit
A horse which carries a halter is soon caught
An old fox is shy of a trap
A black hen lays a white egg
He looks one way and pulls the other
Stick to it and do it
Don't put the cart before the horse
A leaking tap is a great waster
Fools set stools for wise men to stumble over
A man in a passion rides a horse that runs away with him
All is lost that is poured into a cracked dish
Scatter and increase
Every bird likes its own nest