Proverbs and old sayings, page 5

43573 proverbs and old sayings

In a good family the husband is deaf and the wife blind.

Proverbs and old sayings French about family, husband, blind, wife, good, good luck

A hungry pig dreams of acorns.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about dream

Money talks, although the dog may bark.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about money

Take gifts with a sigh because most men give in order to be paid.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about order, gifts, man

He would drown in a spoonful of water.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about water

Woman was born three days earlier than the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about day, devil, woman

It is better to turn back than to persevere in an evil course.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about perseverance

Let no man glory in the greatness of his mind, but rather keep watch o'er his wits.

Proverbs and old sayings about greatness, glory, mind, man

The brains don't lie in the beard.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about lie

Let every pedlar carry his own burden.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about burden

It chances in an hour, that happens not in seven years.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Have ye gear have ye nane, tine heart and a's gane.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heart

A hidden fire is discovered by its smoke.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about smoke, fire, fire brigade

There is no beast that does not roar in its den.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu

It is easier to dam a river than to stop the flow of gossip.

Proverbs and old sayings

The Italians cry, the Germans bawl, and the French sing.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A spark can start a fire that burns the entire prairie.

Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about fire, fire brigade

Hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.

Proverbs and old sayings about hope, old, olderness

Memory is the treasure of the mind

Proverbs and old sayings British about memory, treasure, mind, old, olderness

Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about numbers, smile, people, judges, beauty