Proverbs and old sayings - Random

A kitchen dog never was good for the chase.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about good, good luck

To show one's fist to a blind man is neither a sin nor a virtue.

Proverbs and old sayings about virtue, blind, sin, man

Haste is from the Devil.

Proverbs and old sayings about devil

Life without battle is life without victory.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about victory, life

Large trees are envied by the wind.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog as well.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

The wise man who does not put his knowledge into practice is like a bee that gives no honey.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about knowledge, man

The future belongs to those who prepare for it.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about future, americans

With the good we become good.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck

When a rat mocks a cat then you know there is a hole nearby.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

You do not really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about enemies

Justice is better than admiration If you are going to kill, then kill an elephant; if you are going to steal make sure it's a treasure.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about admiration, treasure, justice

It is better to keep a wolf out of the fold than to trust drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about drawing, americans

Undeserved punishment is better than that which is deserved.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about punishment

The snake that seduced Eve spoke Spanish.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

No medicines can cure the vulgar man.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about vulgarity, man

A gude fellow is a costly name.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about name

The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about safety, death

That is fashionable in town is never prohibited.

Proverbs and old sayings about city

A fox borrows the tiger's might.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Who insists on running up a slope, is confused and crazy.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Don't call a man honest just because he never had the chance to steal.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about chance, man

Breads House skiald never.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, house

The good mother knows what her children will eat.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, mother, good, good luck

The post of honor is the post of danger.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about danger

Every cock can crow on his own dunghill.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Children and fools tell the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings German about children, truth

Love should be paid with love.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about love

If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, be strong.

Proverbs and old sayings

Every monkey will have his gambols.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Fifty lemons are a load for one person, but for fifty persons they are perfume.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about people, perfume

By dint of going wrong all will come right.

Proverbs and old sayings French about bad, rightness

A woman without love is like a rose without a scent.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman, love

He who doesn't speak-up is never heard.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

Attack is the best form of defense

Proverbs and old sayings British about attack, old, olderness

Everyone is wise until he speaks.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

A goat does not always graze in the same place.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about experience, nature, man

If the young had the motivation and the old had the strength, there'd be nothing that couldn't be accomplished.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about motivation, nothing, old, olderness