Proverbs and old sayings, page 1542

43575 proverbs and old sayings

Hold on tight to the words of your ancestors.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about ancestors, word

A little axe, when well used, brings lots of food.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about food

Don't spend time with people who don't respect you.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about respect, people, time, contentment

Never spend time with people who don't respect you.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about respect, people, time, contentment

In this world I greet my oldest survivor -- the earth.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about earth, world

Old canoes can be restored, but youth and beauty cannot.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about youth, beauty, old, olderness

A hand that is ready to hit may cause you great trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about problems, contentment

A house full of people is filled with different points of view.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about home, house, people

Don't lean on your fellow men -- theirs is an ever moving support.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about man

A house full of people is a house full of different points of view.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about home, house, people

The prudent embark when the sea is calm -- the rash when it's stormy.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about prudence

Let us hurry and finish up the food; when visitors arrive, the meal will be over.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about end, food

Can I pull down the sun with a forked stick, or prevent it from running its course?

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about sun

Walk in the valley of our ancestors, learn of the history, and marvel at the beauty.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about miracle, history, ancestors, beauty

A warrior dies in battle; a mountain climber on the rocks, but a farmer dies of old age.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about rocks, olderness, age, old

The frog does not tire in the water.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

Eyes that see do not grow old.

Proverbs and old sayings about eyes, old, olderness

Taste in variety, variety in taste.

Proverbs and old sayings

For the bad weather, a cheerful face.

Proverbs and old sayings about weather, bad luck, face, bad

Fleeing and running are not the same thing.

Proverbs and old sayings about things