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The young crow is wiser than its mother.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Proverbs and old sayings

If a young man is not prudent in seeking what killed his father, what killed his father may also kill him.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about prudence, man

The crab instructs its young: Walk straight ahead -- like me.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

The young shed many skins.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The youngest thorns are the sharpest.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

What would a young cat do but eat mice?.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

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

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about heads, contentment

Praise the young and they will make progress.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about progress, praise

While young, it's all dreams; when old, all memories.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about dream, old, olderness

Walk straight, my son - as the old crab said to the young crab.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness

You're not as young as you used to be, but you're not as old as you're going to be.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about contentment, old, olderness

Bend the tree while it is young.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

An old horse for a young soldier.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about old, olderness

To a young heart everything is sport.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sport, heart

If young men had wit and old men strength everything might be well done.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man, old, olderness

If the young man knew, if the old man could, there is nothing but would be done.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about nothing, man, old, olderness

While young, the tree can be easily bent.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

We shall never be younger.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Neither beautiful, nor young.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin