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When the cat gets too old, the mice are not afraid any more.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

The strings of the harp must be not too tight, and not too slack.

Proverbs and old sayings

The strongest ox is only as strong as the old ox with a broken leg.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

It is as difficult to win love as it is to pack salt in pine needles.

Proverbs and old sayings about love

A man with little learning is like the frog who thinks its pond is an ocean.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Often a branch is broken off the tree by the one who has rested in its shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings about shadow

He who carries the word no with him will never be poor even when he is old.

Proverbs and old sayings about word, old, olderness

If you don't have a brain, join the army; if you don't have rice, use beans instead.

Proverbs and old sayings about brain, army, use, contentment

Only when a new government comes to power do you learn to appreciate the values of the old one.

Proverbs and old sayings about power, old, olderness, contentment

When the healthy dog fights with a mad dog, it is the ears of the healthy one that are bitten off.

Proverbs and old sayings

Only the strong survive.

Proverbs and old sayings

A fool laughs at himself.

Proverbs and old sayings

Elephants carry each other.

Proverbs and old sayings

God speaks a foreign tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings about god

A mother is always a mother.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother

A glutton is never satisfied.

Proverbs and old sayings

Learning expands great souls.

Proverbs and old sayings

Never kill the cat that cries.

Proverbs and old sayings

Only the mountains never meet.

Proverbs and old sayings

An heir also inherits quarrels.

Proverbs and old sayings