Proverbs and old sayings, page 16

43574 proverbs and old sayings

If you run after two hares you will catch neither.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about trap, contentment

If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.

Proverbs and old sayings English

If my aunt had been a man, she would have been my uncle.

Proverbs and old sayings British about man

A stitch in time (saves nine)

Proverbs and old sayings British about time

He that runs fast will not run long.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fasting, americans

Like father, like son

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

Like mother, like daughter.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about mother

Like master, like man.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man

An egg-thief will become a horse-thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Romanian about thieves

What you see in yourself is what you see in the world.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about world, contentment

There are twenty-five uncaught sparrows for a penny.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Don't show me the palm tree, show me the dates.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Only stretch your foot to the length of your blanket.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

No one says his own buttermilk is sour.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

Indecision is like a stepchild if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about water

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tests, water

Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about world, contentment

The sun at home warms better than the sun elsewhere.

Proverbs and old sayings Albanian about sun, home

If you fear God, you won't fear humans.

Proverbs and old sayings Albanian about people, fear, god, contentment