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No man ought to look a gift horse in the mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about gifts, man

Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

A horse, a wife, and a sword may be shewed, but not lent.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about wife

The horse thinks one thing and he that rides him another.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about things

One thing thinks the horse, and another he that saddles him.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about things

He that has a white horse and a fair wife never wants trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about problems, wife

It is too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Better ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

For want of a nail the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe the horse is lost; for want of a horse the rider is lost.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

All lay loads on a willing horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Do not look at gift horse's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about gifts

Rotten straw can harm a healthy horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

You cannot ride two horses with one ass.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

A Horse has four legs, but still stumbles.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

You do not swap horses while crossing the ford.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about happiness, contentment

You do not need a whip to urge on an obedient horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about need, contentment

It is easier for the horse when a woman gets off the cart.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about woman

Absentmindedness is searching for the horse you are riding.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about searching, contentment

The horse may run quickly, but it can't escape its own tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian