Proverbs and old sayings, page 368

43574 proverbs and old sayings

The motherless child will suckle the grandmother.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

He who has a boss is not the master of his burden.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads, burden

Do not walk in God's ways on someone else's behalf.

Proverbs and old sayings about god

The hare and the elephant don't travel well together.

Proverbs and old sayings

A long beard and a rosary will not make you a priest.

Proverbs and old sayings

The child who loves freedom is the first victim of it.

Proverbs and old sayings about victims, children

If the hare is your enemy, admit that he can run fast.

Proverbs and old sayings about fasting, enemies

God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.

Proverbs and old sayings about nothing, god

Even in the freshest of milk, you will still find hairs.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who longs too much for a child will marry a pregnant woman.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, woman

When you get older you keep warm with the wood you gathered as a youth.

Proverbs and old sayings about youth

When you chop off a snake's head all you are left with is a piece of rope.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads

No matter how long a log floats on the river, it will never be a crocodile.

Proverbs and old sayings

I have to learn how to walk on three legs says the hyena for when I am old.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

No matter how many chores you finish in your house, there is always yet more to be done.

Proverbs and old sayings about end, home, house

A pregnant woman is not afraid if you threaten her with what you made her pregnant with.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman

A baby cannot be heard crying in his mother's womb.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother

The heart of an evil person is never pure.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, heart

The thorn will come out from where it went in.

Proverbs and old sayings

What the chief likes is not always what the youths like.

Proverbs and old sayings