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All is not false which is publicly reported.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The rack can extort a false confession from the innocent.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about confession

On the hook of truth only small carp will bite; in the net of falsehood the big salmon are caught.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie, truth

In every false step there is something good.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about good, good luck

We speak them fairest when thoughts are falsest and wile the wisest of hearts.

Proverbs and old sayings

The speech of a maiden should no man trust nor the words which a woman says; for their hearts were shaped on a whirling wheel and falsehood fixed in their breasts.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie, word, woman, man

Beware of false prophets.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

If a poor man finds a penny, it is probably a false one.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about man

There is many a fair thing full false.

Proverbs and old sayings about things

Beware of false friends with wagging tongues.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

God save me from false friends, so that I can protect myself from my enemies.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about enemies, god

Somalis don't say a false proverb.

Proverbs and old sayings

Two false men to one traitor.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

You never lose a false coin.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about contentment

Let sleeping dogs lie

Proverbs and old sayings British about lie, old, olderness

Better a lie which heals than a truth which wounds.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about lie, truth

As you make your bed, so must you lie in it.

Proverbs and old sayings British about lie, contentment

Trust is the mother of deceit.

Proverbs and old sayings British about lie, mother

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.

Proverbs and old sayings French about lie, truth, world

About laziness-it is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all.

Proverbs and old sayings Indian about laziness, lie, death