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A pregnant woman cannot claim to be a virgin.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about woman

In the absence of water lizards can claim to be crocodiles.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about water

The monkey and gorilla may claim kinship, but the monkey is a monkey and the gorilla is a gorilla.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The man who claims to be the boss in his own home will lie about other things as well.

Proverbs and old sayings Amish about heads, lie, home, things, man

You can't claim heaven as your own if you are just going to sit under it.

Proverbs and old sayings Cambodian about contentment

Do not trust a person who claims to be honest, and never trust exaggerated friendliness.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people

To claim is not to prove.

Proverbs and old sayings German

There is no saint so petty but claims his own candle.

Proverbs and old sayings German about saints

If two men claim your help, and one is your enemy, help him first.

Proverbs and old sayings about help, enemies, man

Two farmers each claimed to own a certain cow. While one pulled on its head and the other pulled on its tail, the cow was milked by the lawyer.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads

Who serves well and says nothing makes claim enough.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about nothing

All claim kindred with the prosperous.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Make a virtue of necessity. [Claim credit for compulsory rectitude. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about virtue

Woe is he who claims to have found happiness.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about happiness

First prove your brotherhood, then claim inheritance.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about brotherhood

If he hasn't seen her/his father, he would claim to be a king.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

Repay evil with good, and hell will not claim you.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about hell, good, good luck, contentment

One does not become great by claiming greatness.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about greatness

One good deed has many claimants.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about good, good luck

When someone claims an inheritance, he sometimes has to pay for the funeral.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish