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43575 proverbs and old sayings

A good resolution is like an old horse, which is often saddled but rarely ridden.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about good, good luck, old, olderness

He whoa breeds crows, will have his eyes taken out- you harvest what you planted.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about eyes, contentment

Not so much that it burns the saint, nor so little that it doesn't illuminate him.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about saints

He who is anxious to secure the best tends to get stuck with the worst of the rest.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about rest

He who makes more of you than usual either designs to cheat you or wants your assistance.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about contentment

You must not tell all that you know, nor judge all that you see, if you would live in peace.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about judges, peace, contentment

He who has a hundred and one pesos, and owes a hundred and two, let him commend himself to god.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about god

To the dead, internment and, to the living, enjoyment orto the dead, the grave and, to the living, chicken.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about joy

If you want to live in peace, you must not tell everything that you know, nor judge everything that you see.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about judges, peace, contentment

Tree that grows crooked will never be straightened - bad habits learned early in life are hard to get rid of later.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about habits, life, bad luck, bad

In this treacherous world there is neither truth nor lie; everything is like the color of the crystal through which you gaze.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about lie, truth, world, contentment

The best blessing for a good harvest is a pumpkin full of sweat.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Proverbs and old sayings about prudence, man

Life is both giving and receiving.

Proverbs and old sayings about life

A good chief gives, he does not take.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck

When an elder speaks, be silent and listen.

Proverbs and old sayings

Remember that your children are not your own, but are lent to you by the creator.

Proverbs and old sayings about god, children, contentment

A knife does not recognise its owner.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian

A knife does not fear thorns, a woman fears man.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian about fear, woman, man

When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian