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If the peacock were to look at its feet, it would stop him strutting.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

For a rash to heal, you must stop scratching it.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

A centipede will not stop for a cripple.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai

Life is a temporary stop, death is the journey home.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about home, death, life

You can't stop a pig from wallowing in the mud.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about contentment

If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building, or do you change the nail?

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about change, home, house, contentment

Night of the Saint Andrew

On the 30th of November, Romaian people is celebrating Saint Andrew, the spiritual patriarch of Romania.

The night before Saint Andrew's Eve is known as the night of the ghosts( strigoi), strigoi means in Romanian...

Traditions and superstitions Romanian

It doesn't matter how slowly you walk, just as long as you don't stop.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

Life is like riding a bicycle; you don't fall off unless you stop pedalling.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, life, contentment

If you are building something and a nail breaks, should you stop building altogether, or should you change the nail?

Proverbs and old sayings West African about change, contentment

When the bait's worth more than the fish, it's time to stop fishing.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fishing, time, americans

To be successful in love, one must know how to begin and when to stop.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about love, americans

Just because men do not like the cold, Heaven will not stop the winter.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

It doesn't matter how slowly you go as long as you don't stop.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

Proverbs and old sayings about things, contentment

The bush fowl saw the chicken being carved up and laughed. The chicken told the bush fowl to stop laughing. For the same hands now carving up the chicken would be used to carve up the bush fowl.

Proverbs and old sayings about being

If I dealt in candles, the sun wouldn't set; if I dealt in shrouds, people would stop dying.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about sun, people