The pursued runs on four feet, the pursuer on two.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
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He who pledges or promises runs in debt.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
He who runs in his youth, trots in his old age.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about olderness, youth, age, old
Fast as the hare runs, the greyhound outruns her, since he catches her.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fasting
The nightingale will run out of songs before a woman runs out of conversation.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about conversation, woman
Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it.
Proverbs and old sayings
No matter how fast moonlight runs, daylight catches up.
Proverbs and old sayings about fasting
He who runs away from the fire, falls in the water.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about fire, fire brigade, water
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset..
Proverbs and old sayings about shadow, night, life
A coquettish woman is like a shadow -- as you chase her she runs away, and if you run away, she chases after you.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian about shadow, woman, contentment
Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, while everything superfluous runs over as from a full container. Who knows much says least.
Proverbs and old sayings about mind, contentment
