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The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

The heart of a man may be compared to a sausage; no one can tell exactly what's inside.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about heart, man

A man comes from the dust and in the dust he will end--and in the meantime it is good to drink a sip of vodka.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about drinking, end, good, good luck, man

A man with a cough cannot conceal himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about man

You cannot shave a man's head in his absence.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about heads, man, contentment

For no man could be blessed without the acceptance of his own head.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about heads, man

When the white man is about to leave a garden for good, he wrecks it.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about garden, good, good luck, man

The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about man

A man's first wife never complains of neglect from the penis, the first morsel never complains of insufficient sauce.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about wife, man

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about authority, wish, man, contentment

A man shows in his youth what he will be in his age.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about youth, age, olderness, man

Condemn a man within earshot; praise him at a distance.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about praise, man

A man with a cross eye shall be put to the torch.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

You learn a lot about a man by his behavior when hungry.

Proverbs and old sayings about man, contentment

The old man gives the best advice.

Proverbs and old sayings about advice, man, old, olderness

When the man is away, the monkey eats his corn and goes into his hut.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about man

I grew up among wise men and found that there is nothing better for man than silence.

Proverbs and old sayings about silence, man, nothing