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There is no bad weather only bad clothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about weather, bad luck, bad

The cloth of shame does not warm and if it does, it does so only briefly.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about shame

If there had been no poverty in europe, then the white man would not have come and spread his clothes in africa.

Proverbs and old sayings about clothes, poverty, man

A son will learn from his father to make a living, a daughter will learn from her mother to cut clothes.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about clothes, mother

Every fault is laid at the door of the hyena, but it does not steal a bale of cloth.

Proverbs and old sayings

A worthy woman is far more precious than jewels, strength and dignity are her clothing.

Proverbs and old sayings about dignity, woman

In a community, your reputation matters. in a strange place, your clothing counts.

Proverbs and old sayings about prestige

He should not complain of being cheated who buys the cloth by the sample.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about being

There's no iron so hard that rust won't fret it; and there's no cloth so fine that moths won't eat it.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

To appear and not to be is like weaving and not making cloth.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian