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A drop of honey catches more flies than a hogshead of vinegar.

Proverbs and old sayings German

If all the bees made honey, there would be enough for even gypsies to eat.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about gypsies

He pulls the honeyed string before him or before his nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Though honey is sweet, do not lick it off a briar.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Make yourself honey and the flies will eat you.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment

A little gall make a great deal of honey bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bitter

Who has no money in his purse must have honey in his mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about money

From the same flower the bee extracts honey and the wasp gall.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about garden

Who divides honey with the bear, will be like to get the lesser share..

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

All the honey a bee gathers during its lifetime doesn't sweeten its sting.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A boy isn't sent to collect the honey.

Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan

Even honey can taste bitter if it's used as medicine.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about medicine, bitter

Some will enjoy the honey, others will have to put up with the sting.

Proverbs and old sayings

No bees, no honey.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

A sword anointed with honey.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Where bees are, there is honey.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Sooner will a beetle make honey.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Where the honey, there the bees.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

A honey-comb in the mouth of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

He, who shareth honey with the bear, hath the least part of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin