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Better a little chiding than a good deal of heartache.

Proverbs and old sayings English about good, good luck

The village slatternly wench has the form of a dove, the heart of a fox, and the mind of an toad.

Proverbs and old sayings English about mind, heart

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.

Proverbs and old sayings English about world, heart, man

May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Esquimo about peace, heart, contentment

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

Great men have big hearts.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about man

The maxims of men disclose their hearts.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

A tender-hearted mother makes a scabby daughter.

Proverbs and old sayings French about mother

He who has a stepmother has the devil at his hearth.

Proverbs and old sayings French about devil

Put something sweet in his mouth and send good news to the heart.

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

See that your own hearth is swept before you lift your neighbor's ashes.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

Necessity unites hearts.

Proverbs and old sayings German

At court there are many hands, but few hearts.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings German about children, mother, heart

It is easier to build two hearths than always to keep fire on one.

Proverbs and old sayings German about fire, fire brigade

The cock shuts his eyes when he crows, because he knows it by heart.

Proverbs and old sayings German about eyes, heart

Who neither believes heaven or hell, the devil heartily wishes him well.

Proverbs and old sayings German about hell, devil

When a dove begins to fly with crows, its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.

Proverbs and old sayings German about magic, heart

When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.

Proverbs and old sayings German about magic, heart

We are all wanderers on this earth. Our hearts are full of wonder, and our souls are deep with dreams.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about miracle, dream, gypsies, earth