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That land fares ill where the king's but a babe.

Proverbs and old sayings

Flies' legs, like the tongue of critics, land on whatever they find.

Proverbs and old sayings

He lives in the land of promise.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about promise

Better a ruined than a lost land.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Better poor on land that rich at sea.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wealth

In the land of the blind, one-eye is king.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about blind

Herring in the land, the doctor at a stand.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

In the land of promise a man may die of hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about promise, hunger, death, man

He who would travel through the land, must go with open purse in hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

If you want to clear the land secretly, the noise of the axe will give you away.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

One is born, one dies; the land grows.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

An honest man would rather sell his land than tell a lie.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about commerce, lie, man

Whoso hath land hath war.

Proverbs and old sayings French about war

Praise the sea, and keep on land.

Proverbs and old sayings French about praise

As the man is worth his land is worth.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

Africa is a cold land where the sun is warm.

Proverbs and old sayings French about sun

The one-eyed are kings in the land of the blind.

Proverbs and old sayings French about blind

Good land should not be quitted for a bad landlord.

Proverbs and old sayings French about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Every land has its own law.

Proverbs and old sayings German about law

Not every land has all at hand.

Proverbs and old sayings German