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Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about guilt, tears

A woman who likes to wash will find water.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman, water

Indecision is like the stepchild: if he doesn't wash his hands, he is called dirty; if he does, he is wasting the water.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

She is as undecided as an orphan: if she does not wash her hands, she will be told that she is a dirty child; if she washes her hands she will be told that she is wasting water.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about children, water

Smack a tray of water and you get to wash your face.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about water, face, contentment

The monkey will never wash with the same water twice.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about water

One hand washes the other and both of them wash the face.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about face

Hands wash each other.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

I have mair ado than a dish to wash.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

No matter how thoroughly a crow may wash, it remains ever black.

Proverbs and old sayings about magic

If you want to die quickly, wash your head and go to sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sleep, heads, death, contentment

Even though chickens don't wash, their eggs are still white.

Proverbs and old sayings

It is a loss of soap to wash the ass's head.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about heads

If you want to be dead, wash your head and go to bed.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about heads, contentment

It will all come right in the wash.

Proverbs and old sayings about rightness

When a child knows how to wash his hands well, he eats with the elders.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

You don't wash blood away with blood but with water.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about blood, water, contentment

It's best to wash one's soiled linen at home.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about home

You can wash your body but not your soul.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about body, soul, contentment

A fool will jump into the bath and forget to wash his face.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about face