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You can't put a wide head on young shoulders.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about heads, contentment

A narrow space looks wide to the narrow minded.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about univers

He hath need of his wits who wanders wide.

Proverbs and old sayings about need

What is the use of a big wide world when your shoes are too small?

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about use, world

Give monks a wide berth, and as for priests just attend Mass.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

The world is wide to everyone.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about world

The heart is small and embraces the whole wide world.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about world, heart

The rabbit that dances on the broken branch of a high tree must look down to see how many mouths are opened wide beneath.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you stoop to see your neighbour's anus, then your own anus is wide open for others to see, even more easily and clearly.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, house, woman

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about destruction, life

As you go the way of life you will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think.

Proverbs and old sayings about life, contentment, americans