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Happy the marriage where the husband is the head and the wife the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about marriage, husband, happiness, wife, heads, heart

Who shears the sheep's head will live a couple of days, who shears its tail will live a hundred years.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about couple, day, heads

Swimming is easy if someone holds your head above water.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads, water

Wherever the head goes, the tail will follow.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads

A cat lives on praise, a dog by pats on the head.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about praise, heads

Big head, little wit.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads

The belly overrules the head.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads

One can't make head or tail of it.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads

A good head does not want for hats.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads, good, good luck

After a feast a man scratches his head.

Proverbs and old sayings French about feast, heads, man

If you do not have a head, you must have legs.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads, contentment

Who spits against heaven, it falls on his head.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads

The Fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads

He who has a head of wax must not go near the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads, fire, fire brigade

To wash an ass's head is but loss of time and soap.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads, time

Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads

He that that hath a head of wax must not approach the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads, fire, fire brigade

His horse's head is too big, it cannot get out of the stable.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads

To wash an ass's head is but loss of time and soap. (To reprove a fool is but lost labour. )

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads, time

Make the cap fit the head.

Proverbs and old sayings German about heads