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The wolf is not afraid of the dog, but he doesn't like the sound of his barking.

Eggs may be smarter than the chickens, but it doesn't take long for them to stink.

Let it snow:

Oh, the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

It doesn't show signs of stopping,
And I brought some corn for popping;
The...

Christmas traditions and superstitions

In many romanian villages, in Christmas Eve, exists the tradition to smear the cattles and stables with garlic to keep away the bad spiritis. The people are smeared as well with garlic on the forehead,...

When a single grass falls from a grass-thatched house it doesn't leak.

It is only the foolish cock that believes the sun won't rise if he doesn't crow.

A snake and millipede can both craw on their bellies but this doesn't make them brothers.

The one chased away with a stick comes back and the one chassed away with reason doesn't come back.

No matter how often a man quarrels with his wife he doesn't do so during the hours lending to bedtime.

The person who is coming from the bowels of the earth doesn't despise even the smallest amount of sunshine.

He is a wise man who has no worries about the things he doesn't have but he rejoices for those things that he has.

If there are many buyers in the market, the merchant doesn't wash his turnips.

Ask no favors and people everywhere are affable; if you don't drink, it doesn't matter what price wine is.

Never does a woman lie in a more cunning way than when she tells the truth to someone who doesn't believe her.

Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere.

It's because the rat knows what he does at night that he doesn't go out during day.

No matter if the child's born blind, as long as it doesn't beg.

The dog said that it is better to walk behind those who have had a lot to eat, because if something doesn't come out of them one way, it is bound to come out of them another way.

The person who enjoys good health is rich, even if he doesn't know it.

Who can do, don't want to; Who wants to, can't do; Who knows how to do, won't do it; Who does it, doesn't know how to; and, so, badly goes the world.