To wash an ass's head is but loss of time and soap. (To reprove a fool is but lost labour. )
Proverbs and old sayings French about heads, time
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Women are never at a loss for words.
Proverbs and old sayings German about word
When at a loss how to go on, cough.
Proverbs and old sayings Greek
Death is never at a loss for occasions.
Proverbs and old sayings Greek about death
A clever master turns even a loss into a gain.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about intelligence
There is no loss, which is not a gain for somebody.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
Two things that go for loss-turf on a mountain and the wisdom of a poor man.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wisdom, things, man
There's no great loss without some gain.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
A hundred years cannot repair a moment's loss of honour.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about moment, honour
Where profit is, loss is hiding nearby.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
An evil gain is equal to a loss.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
We learn the value of things more in their loss than in their enjoyment.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about joy, value, things
You may light another's candle with your own without loss.
Proverbs and old sayings about light, contentment
Nae great loss but there's some sma' profit.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
He that lends money to a friend has a double loss.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about money
The wolf micht loss his teeth, but never his nature.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about nature
A man with a sense of humor is never at a loss for words or action.
Proverbs and old sayings about humor, action, common sense, sense, word, man
The fist loss is the best.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
A little loss frightens, a great one tames.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
It is a loss of soap to wash the ass's head.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about heads
