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Even though the sound of the horn is not pleasant, it is still blown by a man's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about man

Immortality is surely a pleasant feeling, especially when the individual is still alive.

Proverbs and old sayings about immortality

He combines the pleasant with the useful.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about determination, problems, work, life

A rainy morn oft brings a pleasant day.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about day

That is pleasant to remember which was hard to endure.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Truthful words are seldom pleasant.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about word

The prolonged visit of no guest is pleasant.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Learning has sour roots, but pleasant fruits.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

War appears pleasant to those who have never experienced it.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about war

The most pleasant cruise is near the land; the most inviting walk near the sea.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

A starving crocodile is never pleasant.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

Gain has a pleasant odour, come whence it will.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Pardons and pleasantness are great revenges of slanders.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

A good-looking man is pleasant to look at, but it is easier to live with an amusing one.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about good, good luck, man

The canoe ride is pleasant when the paddler is skilled.

Proverbs and old sayings Tahitian

Because friendship is pleasant, we partake of our friend's entertainment; not because we have not enough to eat in our own house.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about friendship, home, house

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Proverbs and old sayings French about secret

Set out wisely at first; custom will make every virtue more easy and pleasant to you than any vice can be.

Proverbs and old sayings English about vice, virtue, contentment

Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.

Proverbs and old sayings German about water