A hand that is ready to hit may cause you great trouble.
Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about problems, contentment
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A house full of people is filled with different points of view.
Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about home, house, people
Don't lean on your fellow men -- theirs is an ever moving support.
Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about man
A house full of people is a house full of different points of view.
Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about home, house, people
The prudent embark when the sea is calm -- the rash when it's stormy.
Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about prudence
Let us hurry and finish up the food; when visitors arrive, the meal will be over.
Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about end, food
Can I pull down the sun with a forked stick, or prevent it from running its course?
Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about sun
Walk in the valley of our ancestors, learn of the history, and marvel at the beauty.
Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about miracle, history, ancestors, beauty
A warrior dies in battle; a mountain climber on the rocks, but a farmer dies of old age.
Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about rocks, olderness, age, old
The frog does not tire in the water.
Proverbs and old sayings about water
Eyes that see do not grow old.
Proverbs and old sayings about eyes, old, olderness
Taste in variety, variety in taste.
Proverbs and old sayings
For the bad weather, a cheerful face.
Proverbs and old sayings about weather, bad luck, face, bad
Fleeing and running are not the same thing.
Proverbs and old sayings about things
A favor given to man is appreciated by none.
Proverbs and old sayings about man
There is taste in variety, and variety in taste.
Proverbs and old sayings
Envy follows merit like the shadow follows the body.
Proverbs and old sayings about merit, envy, shadow, body
It takes two to make a quarrel but only one to end it.
Proverbs and old sayings about end
The lance never blunted the pen, nor the pen the lance.
Proverbs and old sayings
It takes two to start an altercation, but only one to end it.
Proverbs and old sayings about end
