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Loud at the loan was ne'er a good milk cow.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about good, good luck

However loud an ant shouts from the ground, no one will hear it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Cross the loud river but don't cross the silent one

Proverbs and old sayings Algerian

If the thunder is not loud, the peasant forgets to cross himself.

Proverbs and old sayings about peasantry

Silence condemns more effectively than loud accusations.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about silence

Being in the right does not depend on having a loud voice.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about voice, being, rightness

An old wolf is not scared by loud cries.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about old, olderness

Little sorrows are loud, great ones silent.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

If a bamboo tube makes a loud sound, it is empty.

Proverbs and old sayings

Drums sound loud because they are hollow.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

A loud voice can make even the truth sound foolish.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about voice, truth

A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, Truth is great and will win out.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about truth, man

Don't be afraid of he who's loud and noisy, be afraid of he who's head is down.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about heads

The bell is loud because it is empty.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

Long and lazy, little and loud; fat and fulsome, pretty and proud.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about proudness

The storm of reeds is loud till you go through them.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The owl is small, but its voice is loud.

Proverbs and old sayings about voice

The house of the loud talker leaks.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about home, house