Proverbs and old sayings, page 28

43574 proverbs and old sayings

God grant me a good sword and no use for it.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about use, god, good, good luck

Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about rightness, day

Under capitalism man exploits man under socialism the reverse is true.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about capitalism, man

Beware of a man that does not talk and a dog that does not bark.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about man

What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

Hell is paved with good intentions, roofed in with lost opportunities.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about chance, hell, good, good luck

Good management is better than good income.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about good, good luck

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 about contentment

If you wish good advice, consult an old man.

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

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 about contentment