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43574 proverbs and old sayings

Once it was the parents who taught their children to talk; now the children teach their parents to keep quiet.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about parents, children, quiet

A man comes from the dust and in the dust he will end--and in the meantime it is good to drink a sip of vodka.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about drinking, end, good, good luck, man

You may not always end up where you thought you were going, but you will always end up where you are meant to be.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about thinking, end

If everyone were allowed to take from the world all her heart desired, there would be nothing left for anyone else.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about world, heart, nothing

Work is the medicine for poverty.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about medicine, poverty, work

Patching makes a garment last long.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

What you give you get, ten times over.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

Medicine left in the bottle can't help.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about medicine, help

A stammerer would eventually say father.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

The bell rings loudest in your own home.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about home

One who waits for chance may wait a year.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about chance

A man with a cough cannot conceal himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about man

Diseased genitals must keep to themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

Only what you have combated for will last.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

After we fry the fat, we see what is left.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

You must be willing to die in order to live.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about order, death

You cannot shave a man's head in his absence.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about heads, man

The young cock crows as he hears the old one.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about old, olderness

When hunger gets inside you, nothing else can.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about hunger, nothing

You can't stop a pig from wallowing in the mud.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian