Proverbs and old sayings, page 59

43575 proverbs and old sayings

Two shorten the road.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Two thirds of the work is the semblance.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about work

Unless you enter the tiger's den you cannot take the cubs.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about contentment

War is Death's feast.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about feast, war, death

Water for oxen, wine for kings.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wine, water

We'll never know the worth of water till the well go dry.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about water

What breaks in a moment may take years to mend.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about moment

What one knows it is sometimes useful to forget.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

What you can not avoid, welcome.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

When a father helps a son, both smile; but when a son must help his father, both cry.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about smile, help

When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about beginning

When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fire, fire brigade

When fortune knocks upon the door open it widely.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wealth

When its time has arrived, the prey becomes the hunter.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about hunters, time

When one dog barks another will join it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

When the apple is ripe, it will fall.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fall

When the drop (drink) is inside, the sense is outside.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about common sense, sense, drinking

When the iron is hot, strike.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about enemies, contentment