He that fights for a ne'er-do-well has nothing to show for it except a head covered in earth and grime.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about earth, heads, nothing
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He fights with horns made of clay.
Proverbs and old sayings
The weapon first, fighting second.
Proverbs and old sayings
On painting and fighting look aloof.
Proverbs and old sayings British about painting
If his legs fail him, he fights on his knees.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
A headless army fights badly.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about army
While two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.
Proverbs and old sayings about fight, enemies
Six things have no business in the world: a fighting priest, a coward knight, a covetous judge, a stinking barber, a soft-hearted mother, and an itchy baker.
Proverbs and old sayings French about affair, judges, world, mother, things
Advising is often better than fighting.
Proverbs and old sayings German
He fights windmills.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
When a very short man causes the market to break up in a big fight, bystanders ask him to stand up so that they can see how short he really is.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about fight, stores, man
The little puppy said: If I fall down and roll over for you, and you fall down and roll over for me, then we are playing. However, if I fall down and roll over for you, but you do not fall down and roll over for me, then that's a fight.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about fall, fight, contentment
When prominent persons fights, commoners would suffer.
Proverbs and old sayings about people, suffering
To the fighting man peace is sure.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about peace, man
An Irishman is never at his best except when fighting.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
The buckets take to fighting with the well, and get their heads broken.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about heads
Thirty-six plans of how to win the battle are not so good as one plan to withdraw from the fight.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about fight, good, good luck
A warrior fights to the death.
Proverbs and old sayings about death
Only a fool fights in a burning house.
Proverbs and old sayings about home, house
