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What one learns in childhood he carries into adulthood.

Proverbs and old sayings about childhood

He carries fire and water.

Proverbs and old sayings French about fire, fire brigade, water

He who carries nothing loses nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings French about nothing

Every fox carries his tail his own way.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He carries fire in one hand, water in the other.

Proverbs and old sayings French about fire, fire brigade, water

The mountaineer's ass carries wine and drinks water.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wine, water

He who carries one burden will soon carry a hundred.

Proverbs and old sayings French about burden

When God sends flour the devil carries off the sack.

Proverbs and old sayings French about devil, god

The richest man carries nothing away with him but a shroud.

Proverbs and old sayings French about nothing, man

There's virtue in a man's face (i.e., presence carries weight).

Proverbs and old sayings French about virtue, face, man

When the blind man carries the banner, woe to those who follow.

Proverbs and old sayings French about blind, man

The ass carries corn to the mill, and gets thistles.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Who carries doubtful people to his house, will doubtless from his carriage something lose.

Proverbs and old sayings German about home, house, people

A beaten one carries an unbeaten.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Every one carries his own skin to the market.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about stores

If the icy snow carries you at midsummer, then we can expect a late spring.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about spring, contentment

When the river sounds, it's because it carries water.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about water

Better is an ass that carries you than a horse that throws you.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about contentment

Running water carries no poison.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about water

He knows where the devil carries his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil