Proverbs and old sayings, page 7

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Wash a dog, comb a dog, still a dog remains a dog.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A hawk kills because it is his nature; a man because it is his pleasure.

Proverbs and old sayings about pleasure, nature, man

Eat when you're hungry, and drink when you're dry.

Proverbs and old sayings English about drinking, contentment

He who sowed wind, reaps a typhoon.

Proverbs and old sayings

Believe that, and drink some water.

Proverbs and old sayings French about faith, drinking, water

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

What you lose in the fire, you will find amongst the ashes.

Proverbs and old sayings French about fire, fire brigade, contentment

Money talks, although the dog may bark.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about money

A coconut shell full of water is a sea to an ant.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about water

Money makes the horse gallop whether he has shoes or not.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish 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

You must take the fat with the lean.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment

He would drown in a spoonful of water.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about water

Pay the doctor, praise the Lord.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about praise

Forgiving the unrepentant is like drawing pictures on water.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about drawing, water

Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack.

Proverbs and old sayings about dignity

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

Death squares all accounts.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about death