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If you live on the river, befriend the crocodile.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about contentment

Don't just cross a river--cross it bearing fire!.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about fire, fire brigade

You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about contentment

If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about contentment

It's easy to throw something into the river but hard to get it out again.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

Sit on the bank of a river and wait: Your enemy's corpse will soon float by.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about bankers, enemies

When the river sounds, it's because it carries water.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about water

Listen to the sound of the river and you will catch a trout.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about trap, contentment

At a great river be the last to pass.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The river passed the saint forgotten.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about saints

The river does not swell with clear water.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about water

He got out of the mud and fell into the river.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Where the river is deepest it makes least noise.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Where the river is deepest it makes the least noise.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A noh siame diay leaf drop a river bottom it rotten.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about salary

Bucket wid hole a battam have no business a riverside.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about affair

If you saw what the river carried, you would never drink the water.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about drinking, water, contentment

Destroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about destruction, country

If you sit by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about body, enemies, contentment

Those who get to the river early drink the cleanest water.

Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan about drinking, water