Search in folklore: worn

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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

To be worn out is to be renewed. Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC)

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

You looked high and low till your iron shoes were worn out but still to no avail. Then you chanced upon it without ever looking.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

The church is an anvil which has worn out many hammers.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Love is worn like a wreath through the summers and the winters.

Proverbs and old sayings about love

Silence is a fine jewel for a woman, but it is little worn.

Proverbs and old sayings about silence, woman

A poor old horse will have a worn out tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about old, olderness

When a net is worn out, it is thrown away on the shore.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you walk with your feet your shoe will get worn, if you walk with your head, your hat.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about heads, contentment

A well-worn coir-rope is better than a new rope made from raffia.

Proverbs and old sayings

Everything is worn out with usage -- except for experience.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about experience

Martisor - the celebration of spring

Martisor is a Romanian ancient tradition, it’s been dated for 8000 years, which celebrates the beginning of the spring on 1 March. Is the celebration of joy, freshness, the victory of Good against Bad. The...

Traditions and superstitions Romanian

The foolish man lies awake all night Thinking of his many problems; When the morning comes he is worn out And his trouble is just as it was.

Proverbs and old sayings about problems, thinking, night, man