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I rejoice that Kolomba's mother is dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about mother

Better ruined ten times than dead once.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

Better ten times ill than one time dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about time

A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his lifetime.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about day, man

As the fat man gets thinner, the thin one is already dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

He who doesn't know a grave's coldness, doesn't give the dead their respect.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about respect

One is better off seated than standing. lying than seated, asleep than awake, and dead than alive.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie

He that gapes until he be fed, well may he gape till he be dead.

Proverbs and old sayings British

There are two kinds of perfect people: those who are dead, and those who have not been born yet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about perfection, people

On April 8th, the cuckoo's call must be heard. If it isn't, either the cuckoo is dead or is going to die.

Proverbs and old sayings about death

It is discreditable to fly from a living enemy, or to abuse a dead one.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about enemies

It is better to be the cub of a live jackal than of a dead lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

There are only two good women in the world; the one is dead, the other not to be found.

Proverbs and old sayings German about world, good, good luck

Cattle die, kinsmen die, and so shall you die too. But one thing I know that never dies: the fame of a dead man's deeds.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about death, fame, deeds, things, man, contentment

He that gapeth until he be fed, Well may he gape until he is dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The earth is God's bride -- she feeds the living and cherishes the dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about earth, god

Like the migrating Maruiwi, who all disappeared into the world of spirits Dead like the moa.

Proverbs and old sayings about world