Proverbs and old sayings, page 28

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Every peddler praises his own needles.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Do not put your spoon into the pot which does not boil for you.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

If you wish good advice, consult an old man.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about wish, advice, good, good luck, man, old, olderness

Eating and scratching want but a beginning.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about beginning

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about punishment, sin

A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.

Proverbs and old sayings Chechen about shame

Success and rest don't sleep together.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about rest, sleep

For him who does not believe in signs, thre is no way to live in the world.

Proverbs and old sayings Chechen about astrology, faith, world

Acknowledgement is half of correction.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Pray to God, but keep rowing to the shore.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about pray, god

He who has travelled alone can tell what he likes.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan

Every cackling hen was an egg at first.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan

If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building, or do you change the nail?

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about change, home, house

In a court of fowls, the cockroach never wins his case.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan

Gather the breadfruit from the farthest branches first.

Proverbs and old sayings

Sit and wait for the good chestnuts.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck

A decision made at night may be changed in the morning.

Proverbs and old sayings about night

You shake in vain the branch that bears no fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings