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Sparrows, though they live to be a hundred, do not forget their dance.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about dance

He who would go a hundred miles should consider ninety-nine as halfway.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

A wild goose may be worth a hundred pieces of gold, but you first have to spend three pieces of gold to buy an arrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about commerce, contentment

One mother achieves more than a hundred teachers.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about teachers, mother

For every hundred lashes needed by the foolish, only one word is needed by the wise.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

One sturdy house is worth a hundred in ruins.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, house

A tribulation is better than a hundred warnings.

Proverbs and old sayings

Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once.

Proverbs and old sayings

A hundred men can sit together quietly but when two dogs get together there will be a fight.

Proverbs and old sayings about fight, man

The seller has one eye, the buyer, one hundred.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese

He who punishes one chastises a hundred.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

A bird in hand is worth more than a hundred in flight.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about flight

One spark is enough to burn a hundred worlds.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

One sin is too much, a hundred prayers are not enough.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about sin

A man's servant can live for a hundred years; the slave of a woman dies in six months.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about woman, man

It is easier to watch over one hundred fleas than one young girl.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

He who makes one basket can make a hundred.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Thief who steals thief has one hundred years of pardon.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about thieves

In war, hunting, and love, for one pleasure a hundred pains.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about pleasure, war, love

Basketeer who makes a basket makes a hundred if he's given line and time.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about time