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When woman reigns the devil governs.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil, woman

No woman ever speaks the naked truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about truth, woman

A man of straw needs a woman of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman, man

A small woman always seems newly married.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman

He who takes a woman gives away his freedom.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman

Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman

It is better to irritate a dog than an old woman.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman, old, olderness

A beautiful woman smiling, bespeaks a purse weeping.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman

Water, smoke, and a vicious woman, drive men out of the house.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about smoke, home, house, woman, man, water

A woman who cries, a man who swears, a horse that sweats, all imposture.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman, man

A woman who loves to be at the window is like a bunch of grapes on the wayside.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman

Who takes an eel by the tail and a woman at her word, may say he holds nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about word, woman, nothing

As both a good horse and a bad horse heed the spur, so both a good woman and a bad woman need the stick.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman, bad luck, bad, need, good, good luck

Beautiful woman, beautiful trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about problems, woman

Scratch an old woman's back and she will let you taste her pepper pot.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about woman, old, olderness, contentment

A woman has many mouths.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about woman

A woman's heart and spring weather.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about weather, spring, heart, woman

A beautiful woman is like an axe in one's life.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about life, woman

The tongue of woman is her sword, which never rusts.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about woman

Never trust a woman, even if she has borne you seven children.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about children, woman, contentment