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People live like birds in the woods: When the time comes, each must take flight.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about flight, people, time

When you are poor, you will have no visitors even if you live in a crowded city; once you become rich, you'll be surprised by visitors from alleged relatives even if you live in a remote location.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about city, contentment, wealth

Long live the headdress, because hats come and go.

Proverbs and old sayings

Black ewe and white ewe: they who die, die, and those who live, live.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, magic

He who waits shall live to see.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech

To live long is to suffer long.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about suffering

If you would live healthy, be old early.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about old, olderness, contentment

If I die, I forgive you If I live, we shall see.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about death, contentment

All wish to live long, but none to be called old.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wish, old, olderness

Don't throw rocks if you live in a house of glass.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about rocks, home, house, contentment

It is hard to live in Rome and strive against the Pope.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Many a man labours for the day he will never live to see.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about day, man

He does not live in this world that can skin a grindstone.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about world

Teachers die, but books live on.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about teachers, books, death

Fools build house and wise men live in them.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about home, house, man

It's vain to learn wisdom yet live foolishly.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wisdom

'Tis altogether vain to learn wisdom, and yet live foolishly.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about wisdom

If you live in a glass house, don't throw stones.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about home, house, contentment

Mind what you must live by.

Proverbs and old sayings English about mind, contentment

Medicines be not meat to live by.

Proverbs and old sayings English