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At that particular time a mad person gives you something take it immediately before he changes is mind.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mind, people, time, contentment

The village slatternly wench has the form of a dove, the heart of a fox, and the mind of an toad.

Proverbs and old sayings English about mind, heart

As the wound inflames the finger, so the thought inflames the mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about thinking, mind

He who has two women loses his soul; he who has two houses loses his mind.

Proverbs and old sayings French about soul, mind

A woman has the form of an angel, the heart of a serpent, and the mind of an ass.

Proverbs and old sayings German about angels, mind, heart, woman

One man differs from another in three things: his voice, his appearance, and his mind.

Proverbs and old sayings about voice, mind, things, man

We have to fight for our freedom as long as it takes, and we shall not mind the death following our struggle for independence.

Proverbs and old sayings about fight, independence, mind, death

You will never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about mind, contentment

Never let people see the bottom of your purse or of your mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about mind, people

Never reveal the bottom of your purse or the depth of your mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about mind

Speaking, though speechless, it exercises dominion over the mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about mind

He utters in his language something different from what he ponders in his mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about language, mind

Don't draw another's bow, don't ride another's horse, don't mind another's business.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about affair, mind

He who knows not how to employ his leisure hath more cares on his mind than the most busy of busily-engaged men.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about mind, man

Just as a bamboo cane forms a round jet of water, so taking counsel together makes men of one mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about moral, mind, man, water

Care shall gnaw thy heart if thou canst not tell all thy mind to another.

Proverbs and old sayings about mind, heart

There is mingling in friendship when man can utter all his whole mind to another.

Proverbs and old sayings about friendship, mind, man

A faithful friend is hard to find, remember man and keep in mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about mind, man

As Maguni the Carthaginian used to say: work to the vineyard, mind the store.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about stores, mind, work

Young people talk of what they are doing; old people of what they have done; and fools of what they have a mind to do.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, mind, old, olderness