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The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but not his heart.

Proverbs and old sayings about heart

The owner of the skin is the one to tan it.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu

My skin is closer to me than my shirt is.

Proverbs and old sayings Basques

Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin.

Proverbs and old sayings British

You can hide a mark on your skin, but not a defect.

Proverbs and old sayings Burundi

It is easy to pull a thorn out of someone else's skin.

Proverbs and old sayings Burundi

Of a dead leopard we keep the skin, of man his reputation.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about prestige, man

Even a sheep with the skin of a tiger is afraid of the wolf.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A horse with two masters is always skinny; the ship with two captains sinks.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Learn to paint a tiger and you only paint his skin; learn to know a human being and you only know his face.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about human imperfections, being, face

All hairy skins must not be singed.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Every fox looks after his own skin.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

It is good to sleep in a whole skin.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sleep, good, good luck

Fine linen often conceals scabby skin.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A fair skin often covers a crooked mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about mind

By gnawing skin a dog learns to eat leather.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

You can have no more of the fox than his skin.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

You cannot shear the sheep closer than the skin.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Don't sell the skin till you have caught the fox.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about commerce

He does not live in this world that can skin a grindstone.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about world