Proverbs and old sayings, page 791

43575 proverbs and old sayings

One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about woman

Do not hesitate or you will be left in between doing something, having something and being nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about being, nothing, contentment

One who tries to hide with a dog, a child, a goat, or a person with a cold, will not remain hidden.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about children, people

When there are many women, the cabbage will be spoled. The slimming of an elephant and the losses of a rich man are not noticeable.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about wealth, man

One should punish a child the first time he comes home with a stolen egg. Otherwise, the day he returns home with a stolen ox, it will be too late.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about home, children, time, day

Don't spend the evening in a house where you can't spend the night. A good name is better than good perfume. After the hyena has gone, the dog barks.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about perfume, name, night, good, good luck, home, house, contentment

One father is better at caring for ten children than ten children are for one father.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

Who has shoes does not fear thorns.

Proverbs and old sayings about fear

The mouth makes debts, but the arms pay.

Proverbs and old sayings

Eggs and metal do not go in the same basket.

Proverbs and old sayings

Eggs and metal should not be put in the same sack.

Proverbs and old sayings

The son of the god of thunder does not die of lightning.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, god

You cannot teach the old gorilla the road.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness, contentment

I refuse to fight does not mean I am a coward.

Proverbs and old sayings about fight

The coward falls.

Proverbs and old sayings

The dog is as his master.

Proverbs and old sayings

A boatless man is tied up.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Heavy is an old man's fall.

Proverbs and old sayings about fall, man, old, olderness

Small birds lay small eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings

As we are egged on, we rage.

Proverbs and old sayings