| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Pitcher |
| | | If the pitcher knocks against a stone, woe to the pitcher; and if the stone knocks against the pitcher, woe to the pitcher. Spanish. | 1 |
| Little pitchers have great ears. | 2 |
| Little pitchers have long ears. | 3 |
| The pitcher does not go so often to the water but it comes home broken at last. | 4 |
| The pitcher goes often to the fountain, and once not. Modern Greek. | 5 |
| Whether the pitcher strike the stone or the stone the pitcher, woe to the pitcher. | 6 | | |
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