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They forgive the wine but they hang the bottle.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wine

Take down a rogue from the gallows and he will hang you up.

Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment

He that would hang his dog, gives out first, that he is mad.

Proverbs and old sayings French

You cannot hang a man twice.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man, contentment

The sweetest grapes hang highest.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Every herring must hang by its own gill.

Proverbs and old sayings German

You cannot hang a man for what he thinks.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man, contentment

If you want to be old, hang yourself when you are young.

Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment, old, olderness

We hang little thieves, and take off our hats to great ones.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves

Whenever women say good-bye they always hang around for a while.

Proverbs and old sayings German about good, good luck

Your health comes first -- you can always hang yourself later.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

We are both queens, so who will hang out the laundry?

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

His face would hang him.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about face

Only those who were born to hang are not afraid of the water.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about water

Give a dog an ill name, and you may as well hang him.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about name, contentment

Take down a thief from the gallows and he will hang you up.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves, contentment

No hang you clothes all pon one nail.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about clothes, contentment

All monkeys cannot hang on one branch.

Proverbs and old sayings

Hopes delayed hang the heart upon tenter-hooks.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about heart

To be a hero hang on for a minute longer.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about heroism