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The cost is high of the honey that must be licked from thorns.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Deep swimmers and high climbers usually don't die in their beds.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about death

Bird never flew so high but it had to come to the ground for food.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about food

A bird never flew so high but it had to come to the ground for food.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about food

The price of a laugh is too high, if it is raised at the expense of another.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Envy always shoots at a high mark.

Proverbs and old sayings English about envy

When all men say you are an ass, it is high time to bray.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man, time, contentment

A house built by the wayside is either too high or too low.

Proverbs and old sayings English about home, house

There is never a debt is paid so high as that which the wet owes to the dry.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Don't raise your club so high; it will only fall on your head.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about fall, heads

Fair, good, rich, and wise, is a woman four stories high.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wealth, woman, good, good luck

Ambition and fleas jump high.

Proverbs and old sayings German about ambition

What is too high, that let fly.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Ambition and fleas both jump high.

Proverbs and old sayings German about ambition

He that climbs high, falls heavily.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The chamois climbs high and yet is caught.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The salary of a good servant is never too high.

Proverbs and old sayings German about salary, good, good luck

Don't carry your head too high, the door is low.

Proverbs and old sayings German about heads

He who pitches too high won't get through his song.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Those in a high position can be seen from far away.

Proverbs and old sayings German