Proverbs : English Proverbs, Meanings & Explanations - Proverb to Meaning V

English Proverbs : Proverb to Meaning V

Given the MEANING, identify the PROVERB

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There is too little of what we want and too much of what we don't want.

The wish is father to the thought.

Unalloyed happiness is impossible, because joy and sorrow go together.

There is no rose without a thorn.

One must adapt to one's surroundings.

When one door shuts another opens.

Failure should not discourage us, for some other opportunity always exists.

Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.

It is a desire that gives birth to a belief.

When in Rome do as the Romans do.