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Death is like a dress that, at some point or another, everyone has to wear.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about death

Love of dress is sure the very curse.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about love, americans

Dignity does not consist in a silk dress.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about dignity, americans

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about common sense, genius, sense, clothes, americans

Eat whatever you like, but dress as others do.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

Eat whatever thou likest, but dress as others do.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you dress in gold or silk, you are still the same green grocer.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The needle dresses people but stays naked itself.

Proverbs and old sayings Basques about people

One spot stains the whole dress.

Proverbs and old sayings Belgian

It's dress in? a man, bindings in baskets' edge.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Abroad we judge the dress; at home we judge the man.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about judges, home, man

Those who do not study are only cattle dressed in men's clothes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about clothes, man

Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about clothes, man

Do not dress in clothes made of leaves when going to put out a fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about clothes, fire, fire brigade

Never dress in mourning before the dead man is in his coffin.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

As a man dresses so is he esteemed.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

Not everybody is as bad as he is dressed.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, bad

An old ewe dressed lamb-fashion.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fashion, old, olderness

A friend's dinner is soon dressed.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Old sheep shouldn't dress in lamb's fashion.

Proverbs and old sayings English about fashion, old, olderness