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If only I were a bird! Ah, but eating caterpillars? If someone betrays you once, it's his fault. If he betrays you twice, it's your fault.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment

You can stop a bird from flying over you, but you can't stop it building a nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about contentment

You can't prevent a bird from flying over your head, but you can prevent him from making a nest in your head.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about heads, contentment

The caged bird dreams of clouds.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about dream

As though a bird had flown up from under your feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

If the bird hadn't sung, it wouldn't have been shot.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about word, contentment

After killing a yakur bird your hands will stink.

Proverbs and old sayings

God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.

Proverbs and old sayings about god

A bird is distinguished by its note.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

It is a foul bird that fills his own nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

One bird in the hand is worth four in the air.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about air

In vain the net is spread in the sight of the bird.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Imitate the snail in deliberation, the bird in execution.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The crow is a pretty bird when the jackdaw is not present.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about present

As to what is future, even a bird with a long neck cannot see it, but God only.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about future, god

It is the softness of the lime that is fatal to the bird.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

You may well have caught a bird, but have you a fire to roast it on?

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about fire, fire brigade, contentment

If there is no reason, why would the tempua bird nest on the low branches?

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about reason

Every bird is proud of its feathers.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about proudness