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The water of the river flows on without waiting for the thirsty man.

Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan about water, man

A river drowns the one who can swim.

Proverbs and old sayings

The river is crossed where it is shallow.

Proverbs and old sayings

I travel the river of blood.

Proverbs and old sayings about blood

A great river does not refuse any small streams.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean

The man is a river, the woman a lake.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman, man

Hard by a river he digs a well.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The course of a river is not to be altered.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

In chatter a river, in understanding but a single drop.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The course of a river is not to be altered. [We cannot alter a natural bent. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won't eat you.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

Cross the river among a crowd and the crocodile won't eat you.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about contentment

They who drink the water from the Manangareza river always come back to Madagascar.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about drinking, water

When you are crossing over a river you might be eaten by crocodiles, but don't let yourself get bitten by the little fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about fishing, contentment

If the river sounds, it's because it has water.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about water

Where the river makes a sound, you can be sure it's carrying water.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about water, contentment

Don't undo your bootlaces until you have seen the river.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian about contentment

Do not change horses in the middle of the river.

Proverbs and old sayings about change, americans

The river is my brother for it carries my canoe.

Proverbs and old sayings about americans

When the last tree has been cut down, the last river has been polluted and the last fish has been caught -- only then do you realize that money can't buy everything.

Proverbs and old sayings about pollution, commerce, fishing, money, americans, contentment