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The always-hurrying person eats goat, but the one who takes his time eats beef.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, time

The person you know during daytime should also be recognisable during night time.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about night, people, time, contentment

Two rams cannot drink from the same bucket at the same time; they will lock horns.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about drinking, time

When a four-year child is still crawling instead of walking it is time to cry out.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, time

When your friend gives your wife an expensive present, it's time to get suspicious.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about present, wife, time

Despise not a snail for its slow and struggling movement; it has a destination and with time it shall arrive.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about time

Drink and frankfurters for a dime; kill a man before his time.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about drinking, time, americans, man

Have fun while you live, because you are going to be dead a long time.

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

Falseness lasts an hour, and truth lasts till the end of time.

Proverbs and old sayings about truth, end, time

If you have never seen evil, look closely at yourself some time.

Proverbs and old sayings about time, contentment

Translation: A friend is the one that lends a hand during the time of need.

Proverbs and old sayings about need, time

The best place in the world is on the back of a horse, and the best thing to do in time is to read a book.

Proverbs and old sayings about things, world, time

In the planting season visitors come singly, and in harvest time they come in crowds.

Proverbs and old sayings Australian about season, time

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time, man

Good will be rewarded with good and evil with evil; it is only a matter of time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about good, good luck, time

Force tells weak from strong for a moment; truth tells right from wrong all the time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about moment, force, police, bad, rightness, truth, time

You can accompany a friend for a thousand miles but at some time you must take your leave.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time, contentment

Fearing laws makes one happy every day; withholding truth from heaven worries one all the time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about happiness, truth, time, day

To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about need, time

If you must play, decide on three things at the start the rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about rules, games, things, time, contentment