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The house rat who goes swimming with his friend the lizard will die from cold.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about death, home, house

No matter how many house chores you complete, there are always more to be done.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, contentment

Milk and honey have different colours, but they share the same house peacefully.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house

One can see it but must not say, when the master of a house passes excreta in a pot.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house

It is in the house of a coward that people gather and point to the tomb of yesterday's warrior.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, people

He who brings firewood infected with maggots in his house should not complain when lizards start visiting him.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house

As long as a cock lives, it is said to have belonged to the child of the house; but when it is slaughtered for super, it is then that the real owner emerges.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about real estate, children, home, house

If you are in the house of a friend, bad times are soon forgotten.

Proverbs and old sayings Albanian about home, house, bad luck, bad, contentment

A big log is a shame to the fire, an evil person is a shame to the house.

Proverbs and old sayings about shame, people, fire, fire brigade, home, house

Envy doesn't enter an empty house.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about envy, home, house, americans

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about home, house, americans

A house without books is like a room without windows.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about books, home, house, americans

First build your house and then accommodate the furniture.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about home, house, americans

Who rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart his house.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about home, house, americans, good, good luck

When your neighbour's house is on fire, beware of your own.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fire, fire brigade, home, house, americans

Education doesn't come by bumping your head against the school house.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about education, school, heads, home, house, americans

Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about wisdom, home, house, americans

Do not drink water in the house of a merchant: he will charge you for it.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, drinking, home, house, water, contentment

A house divided cannot stand.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, house

Death is a camel which sleeps in everyone's house.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, home, house