Troubles are like babies: the more they are nursed, the better they grow.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about problems
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The fool sucks wisdom, as he porter sups, And cobblers grow fine speakers in their cups.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wisdom
There are five ways in which to become wise: be silent, listen, remember, grow older and study.
Proverbs and old sayings
Where blood has been shed the tree of forgiveness cannot grow.
Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian about absolution, blood
If you do not study hard when young you'll end up bewailing your failures as you grow up.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about end, contentment
A flower you plant may not necessarily bloom; but the seed of a tree you happen to drop may grow into a forest.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about garden, contentment
One for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot, one to grow.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Greater fools than they of Zago, who dunged the steeple to make it grow.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Chastise the good and he will mend, chastise the bad and he will grow worse.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bad luck, bad, good, good luck
He who knew you when you were young will not respect you when you grow up.
Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about respect, contentment
On the road between the homes of friends, grass does not grow.
Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian
Early sleep and early wake up, gives health and makes you grow.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about sleep, contentment
A dish o' married love right sune grows cauld, and dosens drown to nane as folk grow auld.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about rightness, love
When you go to steal a sheep and you're succeeding, take a big one because the small one will grow.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
A mother was asked:
"Which of your children do you love the most?"
She replied:
"The sick one until they are well, the absent one until they return, the small one until they grow up, and all of them until I die."
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about love
