| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Bell |
| | | A cracked bell can never be sound. | 1 |
| Bells call others to church but go not themselves. | 2 |
| Every one thinks that all the bells echo his own thoughts. German. | 3 |
| Fear not the loss of the bells more than the loss of the steeple. | 4 |
| He is like a bell that will answer every pull. | 5 |
| If you love not the sound of bells why pull the ropes? | 6 |
| One bell serves a parish. Italian. | 7 |
| People make the bells say what they please. German. | 8 |
| The bell does not go to mass and yet calls every one to it. Italian, Spanish. | 9 |
| The higher the bell is hung the shriller it sounds. German. | 10 |
| They are like bells every one in a several note. | 11 |
| While the great bells are ringing no one hears the little ones. Danish. | 12 |
| Who hears but one bell, hears but one sound. French. | 13 | | |
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