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Boil stones in butter, and you may sip the broth.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment

Don't bite till you know whether it is bread or a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment

Who throws a stone at the sky, it falls back on his head.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sky, heads

He that has a head of glass must not throw stones at another.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about heads

He who builds on another's ground loses his stone and mortar.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who has a glass roof should not throw stones at his neighbour's.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A fool throws a stone into a well, and it requires a hundred wise men to get it out again.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

To leap into a pool embracing a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Don't try to cover the stone with a quilt.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

As soon as stones can swim, leaves will sink.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

The human heart is neither of stone nor wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about human imperfections, heart

Even the stone you trip on is part of your destiny.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about destiny, contentment

To get silk from a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings

Moss grows on a lying stone.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie

Tap even a stone bridge before crossing.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean

Cross even a stone bridge after you've tested it.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about contentment

If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about anger, contentment

A red apple invites stones.

Proverbs and old sayings

You are talking to a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about talking, contentment

Length of time rots a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about time