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A man's character reaches town before his person.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about city, character, people, man

A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about destiny, people

A person's character reaches town before the person does.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about city, character, people

The next mile is the only one a person really has to make.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about people

The person who loves sorrow will always find something to moan about.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sadness, people

The third person makes good company.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about companies, people, good, good luck

A cheeky person owns half the world.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about world, people

Beware of the person with two faces.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about people

An understanding person needs only half a word.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about word, people

The death of one person means bread for another.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about death, people

Those that eat cherries with great persons shall have their eyes squirted out with the stones.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about people, eyes

A person looks only on the outside of things; god looks into the very heart.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, things, heart, god

An absent person has his excuse.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about absent, people

An absent person should have his excuse.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about absent, people

A person with a wound on his head keeps touching it.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about heads, people

The person who is not ashamed does whatever he wants.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about people

Honorable is the person who is aware of his power, yet refrains from inflicting bad things onto others.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about power, people, things, bad luck, bad

It's often a person's mouth broke their nose.

Proverbs and old sayings English about people

The person who pursues revenge should dig two graves.

Proverbs and old sayings English about revenge, people

The person who is tired will find time to sleep. A person with a bad name is already half hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings English about people, name, sleep, time, bad luck, bad