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You cannot draw white cloth from a dying vat.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

The black dog gets the food; the white dog gets the blame.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about magic, food

Yellow gold is plentiful compared to white-haired friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The white man never forgets Europe.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about man

Black ewe and white ewe: they who die, die, and those who live, live.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, magic

Lilies are whitest in a blackmoor's hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Frequent washing makes not the crow whiter.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Under white ashes lie often glowing embers.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about lie

Age makes many a man whiter, but not better.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about age, olderness, man

A crow is never the whiter for often washing.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about change, magic

The raven always thinks that her young ones are the whitest.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He who has a white horse and a fair wife is seldom without trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about problems, wife

Black hens lays white eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about magic

Beware of a white Spaniard and a black Englishman.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about magic

A fool's head never whitens.

Proverbs and old sayings English about heads

A black hen lays a white egg.

Proverbs and old sayings English about magic

Save something for the man that rides the white horse.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

A white wall is the fool's paper.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He is a horse with four white feet.

Proverbs and old sayings French