Dogs understand each other by their barking, and men by their words.
Proverbs and old sayings about word, man
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One doesn't tell a man 'go away' but one shows him something so he will go.
Proverbs and old sayings about man
The person who does not listen to an elder's advice gets his or her leg broken.
Proverbs and old sayings about advice, people
The teeth and the tongue are close neighbors, and yet they sometimes bite each other.
Proverbs and old sayings
He, who does not seize opportunity today, will be unable to seize tomorrow's opportunity.
Proverbs and old sayings about chance
Sorrow is like rice in the store; if a basketful is removed everyday, it will come to an end at last.
Proverbs and old sayings about stores, sadness, end
Even the brave are scared by a lion three times: first by its tracks, again by its roar, and one last time face to face.
Proverbs and old sayings about face, time
Let what is on this side of the bank be washed out by the flood, and what is on that side of the bank be carried away by the wind.
Proverbs and old sayings about bankers
A brave man is scared of a lion three times: first when he sees the tracks; second when he hears the first roar; and third when they are face to face.
Proverbs and old sayings about face, man
Almost is not eaten.
Proverbs and old sayings
Even the maid has a family.
Proverbs and old sayings about family
A fool is a wise man's ladder.
Proverbs and old sayings about man
Two wives, two pots of poison.
Proverbs and old sayings
The greatest death is laughter.
Proverbs and old sayings about laughter, death
As great birds die the eggs rot.
Proverbs and old sayings about death
Before you milk a cow tie it up.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
Old age does not announce itself.
Proverbs and old sayings about olderness, age, old
It is the snake that smells the rat.
Proverbs and old sayings
Walls have ears, and little pots too.
Proverbs and old sayings
Abundance does not spread; famine does.
Proverbs and old sayings
