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If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about contentment

A man should stay alive if only out of curiosity.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about curiosity, man

A person should stay alive, if only out of curiosity.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about curiosity, people

What is said over the dead lion's body could not be said to him alive.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about body

A child doesn't breast-feed from a stepmother if its mother is still alive.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother

Bones and flesh of the martyrs lie buried in earth, but their revolutionary spirit and single-hearted fidelity remain alive.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fidelity, spirit, earth, lie

One is better off seated than standing. lying than seated, asleep than awake, and dead than alive.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie

Woe to the high spirited bride whose mother-in-law is still alive.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about law, mother

Immortality is surely a pleasant feeling, especially when the individual is still alive.

Proverbs and old sayings about immortality

You can close the city gates, but you can't close the people's mouths. It's better to flee and stay alive than to die and become a hero. A timely tear is better than a misplaced smile.

Proverbs and old sayings about heroism, city, smile, death, people, contentment

If children's prayer had any effect, there wouldn't be a single teacher alive.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about teachers, children

Covetous people will never be satisfied while they are alive.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about people