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He whose ace gets cut on, gets his underpants off. When you cut, cut high. The Third Hand is the highest hand.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.
Proverbs and old sayings about rocks, sky, things, man
Once bitten by an adder, you will never walk through the high grass again.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment
It has been blowing hard--the dirt has been blown into high places.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
He who would succeed at court, must lie sometimes low, sometimes high.
Proverbs and old sayings German about lie
It is not good to eat cherries from the same dish with persons of high rank.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about people, good, good luck
He who builds a house in the market-place, builds either too high or too low.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about stores, home, house
Even when a samurai has not eaten, he holds his toothpick high.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
I would like to break off the flower, but the branch is too high.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about garden
The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about man
You need to first experience adversity, before you can handle high praise.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about experience, praise, need, contentment
Don't lie down in low places, flood will take you, don't lie down in high places, wind will take you.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about lie, contentment
