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Hat in hand goes through the land.

Proverbs and old sayings German

In Blindman's land your one-eyed man's a god.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god, man

Better free in a foreign land than a serf at home.

Proverbs and old sayings German about home

Working on the land is better than praying in the desert.

Proverbs and old sayings German

In the land of the cripple everyone thinks he walks straight.

Proverbs and old sayings German

We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

Proverbs and old sayings about ancestors, children

A coral reef hardens into land.

Proverbs and old sayings

A coral reef strengthens into land.

Proverbs and old sayings

Watch out lest the canoe land on a rocky reef.

Proverbs and old sayings

The air of the land of israel makes one wise.

Proverbs and old sayings about air

If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster.

Proverbs and old sayings about disaster, things

The supreme law of the land is the Great Spirit's law, not man's law.

Proverbs and old sayings about law, spirit, man

Iceland is the best land on which the sun shines.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about sun

Everyone praises his native land.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Praise the sea but keep near land.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about praise

Don't bless the fish till it gets to the land.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fishing

Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fight, drinking, contentment

Who buys land buys war.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about war

He who has land has war.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about war

Do not judge of the ship from the land.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about judges