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Whether an owl with a stump, or a stump with an owl.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Whether you hit an owl with a stump, or a stump with an owl.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Darkness is the owl's desire.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

The owl thinks her own young fairest.

Proverbs and old sayings British

The owl thinks her children the fairest.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about children

He who has no falcon must hunt with an owl.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The owl does not praise the light, nor the wolf the dog.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about praise, light

Every man thinks his own owl a falcon.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man

Folly hath eagle's wings, but the eyes of an owl.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about eyes

What good serve candle and glasses, if the owl does not want to see.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about good, good luck

Even an owl is a judge in her cave.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about judges

The owl tells the sparrow that her head is big.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about heads

The owl sings to the nightingale.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The owl has one note, the crow another.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Love makes the owl seem prettier than a white falcon.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about love

The owl is mourning, rain is coming.

Proverbs and old sayings about rain

When the screech-owl sings, you can try to go to work for someone else if you're working for a bad owner.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about work, bad luck, bad, contentment

The owl is small, but its voice is loud.

Proverbs and old sayings about voice

The owl of ignorance lays the egg of pride.

Proverbs and old sayings about ignorance, proudness

Hooting all right and sleeping all day, doesn't make an owl wise.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rightness, day