Proverbs and old sayings, page 9

43575 proverbs and old sayings

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

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu

If I dealt in candles, the sun wouldn't set; if I dealt in shrouds, people would stop dying.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about sun, people

A hungry pig dreams of acorns.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about dream

Stars are not seen by sunshine.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about celebrity, stars

A full ear of corn will bend its head; an empty ear will stand upright.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about heads, americans

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

Proverbs and old sayings about gossip

A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about smoke

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

Proverbs and old sayings English

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, contentment

Death devours lambs as well as sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about death, americans

Kindle not a fire that you can't extinguish.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fire, fire brigade, americans, contentment

Slowly, slowly, even an egg will walk.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you are to hit then make it painful, because you'll get one blame eitherways.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The goat eats the grass there where it is tied.

Proverbs and old sayings

Health and gaiety foster beauty.

Proverbs and old sayings British about beauty

The crutch of time does more than the club of Hercules.

Proverbs and old sayings British about time

Old men, when they marry young women, make much of death.

Proverbs and old sayings British about death, man, old, olderness