The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A lass that has many wooers often fares the worst. (Danish)
A maid who laughs is half taken. (English)
A short courtship is the best courtship. (English)
At first shy as a maiden, at last swift as an escaping hare. (Japanese)
Belles are not for the beaux. (French)
Courting and wooing brings dallying and doing. (French)
Happy’s the wooing that’s not long in doing. (Roman)
He who would win the daughter must first win her mother. (English)
In courtship a man pursues a woman until she catches him. (Roman)
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