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A cursed cur should be short tied.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The curse on the hearth wounds the deepest.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A curse will not strike out an eye, unless the fist go with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

I curse my son and I hate who says amen.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about hate

The heart of a servant that is not beaten is full of curses.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about heart

Roll me, don't curse me, said the stone to the ploughman.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish

The fox thrives best when he is most cursed.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Who serves the mass is thanked by none, but cursed if aught left undone.

Proverbs and old sayings French

When you curse your stepmother, your mother will be the victim.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian about victims, mother, contentment

Better be a cursed man than he who curses.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

The crow was killed by the storm -- He died by my curse, says the owl.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fight, drinking, contentment

The more the fox is cursed, the more prey he catches.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

From gods that are left alone, there is no curse.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about gods

If God listened to every shepherd's curse, our sheep would all be dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about god

Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about proudness, contentment

The curse of the fowl does not bother the kite.

Proverbs and old sayings

One who curses someone in public, brings it on himself in private.

Proverbs and old sayings about public

Undeserved curses don't bite a lot.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish

Better to hear curses than to be pitied.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish