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If a man is a great man, even his dog will wear a proud look.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about proudness, man

Life is vanity.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about proudness, vanity, life

The son shoots a leopard; the father is proud.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about proudness

Better a kindly fool than a proud wise man.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about proudness, americans, man

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about proudness, knowledge, light, blind, americans

Knowledge is proud that he knows so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about proudness, knowledge, wisdom, americans

Vanity is the food of fools.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about proudness, vanity, food

Beauty's sister is vanity, and its daughter lust.

Proverbs and old sayings British about proudness, vanity, beauty

It is a proud horse that will not bear his own provender.

Proverbs and old sayings British about proudness

A Haughty person will not even reach down to take his own nose if it had fallen to the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about proudness, people

Gluttony and vanity grow with age.

Proverbs and old sayings Cuban about proudness, vanity, age, olderness

A little dog, a cow without horns, and a short man, are generally proud.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about proudness, man

Who to-day was a haughty knight, is to-morrow a pennyless wight.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about proudness, day

He that is too proud to ask is too good to receive.

Proverbs and old sayings English about proudness, good, good luck

A man well mounted is always proud.

Proverbs and old sayings French about proudness, man

Vanity has no greater foe than vanity.

Proverbs and old sayings French about proudness, vanity

There is no spite like that of a proud beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings French about proudness

It is good to beat a proud man when he is alone.

Proverbs and old sayings French about proudness, good, good luck, man

He who is too proud to ask is too good to receive.

Proverbs and old sayings French about proudness, good, good luck