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«A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.»
Author: Horace (Poet) | Keywords: pinch, pinches, shoe, small fortune, suit, too large
«'Tis the same to him who wears a shoe, as if the whole earth were covered with leather»
Author: Persian Proverb | Keywords: leather, shoe
«And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? / John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; / He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: baptize, Elias, preferred, shoe, unloose
«And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: loosed, shoe
«A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost»
«For want of a nail the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe the horse was lost, For want of a horse the rider was lost, Forwant of a rider the battle was lost, For want of a battle the kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horse.»
«And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? / And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant? / And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: adversaries, Jericho, shoe, whereon
«A buckle is a great addition to an old shoe»
Author: Irish Sayings | Keywords: addition, buckle, buckled, shoe
«A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, ''Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?'' holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. ''Yet,'' added he, ''none of you can tell where it pinches me.»
«For want of a nail the shoe was lost»
Author: Proverb | Keywords: shoe

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