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When a naked person promises you cloth beware.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, contentment

Wearing a mended dress is better than being naked.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about being

Not all men who walk in the street naked are crazy.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

You cannot hide your nakedness from your bath bucket.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

If nakedness promises to cloth you then look at its name.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about name, contentment

He whose mother is naked is not likely to clothe his aunt.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about lie, truth

Like the needle which clothes others while remaining naked.

Proverbs and old sayings about clothes

God has spared the naked man from washing his clothes with soap.

Proverbs and old sayings about clothes, god, man

The needle dresses people but stays naked itself.

Proverbs and old sayings Basques about people

Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.

Proverbs and old sayings British about clothes, truth

Lovers do not hide their nakedness.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese

Better coarse cloth than naked thighs.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

You cannot take a shirt from a naked man.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man, contentment

Necessity teaches the naked woman to spin.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about woman

It is as well to be naked as to have no covering.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

When apes climb high, they show their naked rumps.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Pass by your enemy hungry but never naked.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about enemies

If every bird take back its own feathers, you'll be naked.

Proverbs and old sayings English about contentment

Craftiness must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.

Proverbs and old sayings English about clothes, truth