| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Waste |
| | | After one that earns comes one that wastes. Danish. | 1 |
| Building and the marrying of children are great wasters. | 2 |
| Burning the candle at both ends. | 3 |
| He sprinkles incense on a dunghill. | 4 |
| Nae wonder to see wasters want. | 5 |
| Save at the tap and waste at the bung-hole. | 6 |
| To burn out a candle in search of a pin. | 7 |
| To dig with golden spades. (To waste means.) Latin. | 8 |
| Wasting is a bad habit, sparing a sure income. Dutch. | 9 |
| Waste makes want. | 10 |
| Waste not want not. | 11 |
| Wilful waste brings woeful want. | 12 | | |
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