If you want to know how long a man's tongue is, let him use his mouth to lick honey from a plate.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about use, man, contentment
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A woman is like a bee treat her well and she will make honey, treat her badly and she will go wild.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about woman
We celebrated at the wax door, and all the time the honeycomb was empty within.
Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about time
The devil sweetens another man's wife with a spoonful of honey.
Proverbs and old sayings French about wife, devil, man
Who wouldn't lick his fingers when they have been dipped in honey?
Proverbs and old sayings Greek
If you stab out the eye of thy neighbor cut off two finger and dip them in honey. Cook them in lemon curd and present them to his family in a pigeon pie. If they dine on a full moon his eye will sprout again from it's socket.
Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about kitchen, present, gypsies, family, moon, contentment
The wise man who does not put his knowledge into practice is like a bee that gives no honey.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian about knowledge, man
The choice oil is from the surface, the best wine is from the middle, and the best honey is from the bottom.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wine
Three things must epigrams, like bees, have all, A sting, and honey, and a body small.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about body, things
Had you known what bees eat, you would not have tasted the honey.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
The gratitude that bees receive is the smoke that people use to expel them and get at their honey.
Proverbs and old sayings about gratitude, smoke, use, people
Three remedies of the physicians of Myddfal: water, honey, and labour.
Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about water
