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Never spread your corn to dry before the door of a saintly man.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish

So not roast all your corn in the winter.

Proverbs and old sayings

Measure the corn of others with your own bushel.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about measure

When the man is away, the monkey eats his corn and goes into his hut.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about man

If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house

Plough your furrows deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about commerce, sleep, americans, contentment

A farmer does not conclude by the mere look of it that a corn is unripe; he tears it open for examination.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about tests, tears

The best parents are both purses for money and sacks for the corn.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about parents, money

Plough deep, while sluggards sleep; and you shall have corn to sell and keep.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about commerce, sleep, contentment

Plough deep whilst sluggards sleep, And you shall have corn to sell and to keep.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about commerce, sleep, contentment

One who keeps saying 'I will listen and obey' will be cooked with the corn cob.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan