Proverbs and old sayings after origin

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Folklore of the day

Bend with the tree that will bend with you.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about contentment

'Tis a hard winter when one wolf eats another.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Love makes labour light.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about light, love

Cursed cows have short horns.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Last folklore

A mother was asked:
"Which of your children do you love the most?"
She replied:
"The sick one until they are well, the absent one until they return, the small one until they grow up, and all of them until I die."

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about love

Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about happiness

There are 3 simple rules in life:
- don't promise when you're happy,
- don't answer when you're nervous,
- don't decide when you're angry.

Proverbs and old sayings British about life, rules, promise, happiness, contentment

Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian about spirit, law, man