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You can stay a thousand miles away from home and still see inside.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, contentment

You can outrun what is running after you, but not what is running inside of you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

You can out run that which is running after you but not that that's running inside of you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

A family is like a thick forest, often from outside its dense, when your inside each tree has its own position.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about family

Marriage is like a groundnut: you have to crack them to see what is inside.

Proverbs and old sayings about marriage, contentment

The family is like the forest: if you are outside, it is dense; if you are inside, you see that each tree has its own position.

Proverbs and old sayings about family, contentment

It's better to have a thousand enemies outside of the tent than one inside the tent.

Proverbs and old sayings about enemies

Marriage is like a besieged castle; those who are on the outside wish to get in; and those who are on the inside wish to get out.

Proverbs and old sayings about wish, marriage

The fish who is in the weir will want out, who is outside will want inside the weir.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about fishing

Better to have one thousand enemies outside the house than to have one single enemy inside it.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about enemies, home, house

At C?ccamu there are the boors at Termini the brunette slaves; and at Palermo long-stemmed roses, beautiful on the outside and rotten on the inside.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

A malicious man is like a coal sack -- black on the outside and even blacker inside.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about magic, man

The heart of a man may be compared to a sausage; no one can tell exactly what's inside.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about heart, man