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In shallow waters, shrimps make fools of dragons.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Only fools seek credit from the achievements of their ancestors.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about ancestors

Man fools himself. He prays for a long life and he fears old age.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about olderness, age, life, man, old

Lords and fools speak freely.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Never let fools see half-finished work.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about work

When fools go to market the huckster gets money.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about stores, money

Children and fools Shouldn't play with edged tools.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about tools, children

Pheasants are fools if they invite the hawk to dinner.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Great fools must have great bells.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

They are fools whose sheep run away twice.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

The praise of fools is censure in disguise.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about praise

If fools ate no bread, corn would be cheap.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Were fools silent they would pass for wise.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

When fools go to market, pedlars make money.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about stores, money

Experience is the mistress of fools.

Proverbs and old sayings English about experience

Wise men make proverbs but fools repeat them.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Children and fools must not play with edged tools.

Proverbs and old sayings English about tools, children

He that has no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning.

Proverbs and old sayings English about family

God alone understands fools.

Proverbs and old sayings French about god