Proverbs and old sayings, page 106

43574 proverbs and old sayings

They asked the fox, Who is your witness? He said, My tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

A cheap thing doesn't lack defect, nor an expensive thing quality.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about quality, things

The cheap thing isn't without problem, the expensive without help.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about help, things

Don't use your teeth when you can untie the knot with your fingers.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about use, contentment

One who doesn't appreciate the apple, won't appreciate the orchard.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about garden

Some men wonder over God's values, others over the cut of a garment.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about miracle, man, god

I have never seen anyone go astray who followed along the right way.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about rightness

What my heart desired didn't happen; what God wanted was really done.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about heart, god

Let Christians practice their own religion, and Jews practice theirs.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about christianity, religion

God said, Eat and drink, but He didn't say, Gorge to the full.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about drinking, god

A wolf's pup will grow into a wolf even though it be raised among men.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about man

He who goes to the blacksmith's shop comes home with scorched clothes.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about clothes, home

Try out your shoes on your feet -- gauge people against their misfortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about people

A mountain doesn't reach out to mountain, a man is reaching out to a man.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about man

A real friend takes the hand of his friend in overwhelming worry and fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about worry, real estate, fire, fire brigade

Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about wealth, people

A leopard's spots: or, what is bred in the babe will come out in the flesh.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Even if a knife is made of gold, a person won't stab his own heart with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about people, heart

Even if a knife is made of silver, a person won't stab his own heart with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about people, heart

Good perfume is known by its scent rather than by the perfumer's advertisement.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about advertising, perfume, good, good luck