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If he says yogurt is white, I'll say it's black.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about magic

Two blacks do not make a white.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

A white wall is a fool's paper.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Every white hath its black, and every sweet its sour.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about magic

A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

He that has a white horse and a fair wife never wants trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about problems, wife

Soap is grey but it used to be white.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Love makes the owl seem prettier than a white falcon.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about love

All that's yellow is not gold, and all white things are not eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings about things

Every craw thinks his ain bird whitest.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

True wisdom is born with white hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wisdom

The white head often lacks good sense.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about common sense, sense, heads, good, good luck

Dark ground gives good bread; white ground is quickly tired.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about dark, good, good luck

Priests dressed in black bring bad tidings, in white they take you to the cemetery.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about magic, bad luck, bad, contentment

A black cow also gives white milk.

Proverbs and old sayings about magic

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

Proverbs and old sayings

Two blacks don't make a white.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The bath has sworn not to whiten the blackamoor.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

A stranger is like a white fowl.

Proverbs and old sayings

Do not pretend to be a white fowl.

Proverbs and old sayings