September 2009
28 posts
Dutch Proverb: Love makes labor … →
Love makes labor light.
Dutch Proverb
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Russian Proverb: One road for the fugitive and … →
One road for the fugitive and a hundred for the pursuer.
Russian Proverb
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Latin Proverb: He unravels the enigmas … →
He unravels the enigmas of the Sphinx.
Latin Proverb
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Dutch Proverb: He is as easily caught … →
He is as easily caught as a hare with drums.
Dutch Proverb
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Chinese Proverb: Have patience, the grass … →
Have patience, the grass will be milk soon enough.
Chinese Proverb
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Arab Proverb: God grant us no neighbor … →
God grant us no neighbor with two eyes.
Arab Proverb
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Dutch Proverb: Hannibal is … →
Hannibal is at the gate.
Dutch Proverb
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Italian Proverb: From saying to doing … →
From saying to doing is a long way.
Italian Proverb
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French Proverb: Build a golden bridge … →
Build a golden bridge for the fleeing enemy.
French Proverb
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Italian Proverb: Associate with the good and … →
Associate with the good and you will be one of them.
Italian Proverb
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Spanish Proverb: Associate with the good and … →
Associate with the good and you will be one of them.
Spanish Proverb
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Samoan Proverb: You shake in vain the branch … →
You shake in vain the branch that bears no fruit.
Samoan Proverb
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German Proverb: Women are watches … →
Women are watches that keep bad time.
German Proverb
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Catalonian Proverb: Women and cats in the house, … →
Women and cats in the house, men and dogs in the street.
Catalonian Proverb
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Persian Proverb: When fate strikes physicians … →
When fate strikes physicians are useless.
Persian Proverb
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Dutch Proverb: Who chastises his child will be... →
Who chastises his child will be honoured by him, who chastises him not will be shamed.
Dutch Proverb
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Arab Proverb: When danger approaches, … →
When danger approaches, sing to it.
Arab Proverb
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Yiddish Proverb: What can you do with a good cow... →
What can you do with a good cow that gives a lot of milk and then kicks the bucket over?
Yiddish Proverb
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Spanish Proverb: Under a bad cloak there … →
Under a bad cloak there is a good tippler.
Spanish Proverb
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Latin Proverb: To obtain that which is just we … →
To obtain that which is just we must ask that which is unjust.
Latin Proverb
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Spanish Proverb: To be a merchant, the art... →
To be a merchant, the art consists more in getting paid than in making sales.
Spanish Proverb
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Latin Proverb: They can do least … →
They can do least who boast loudest.
Latin Proverb
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French Proverb: There are no foolish trades, there... →
There are no foolish trades, there are only foolish people.
French Proverb
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Irish Proverb: There are fish in the sea better … →
There are fish in the sea better than have ever been caught.
Irish Proverb
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Irish Proverb: There are finer fish in the sea … →
There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught.
Irish Proverb
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Indian Proverb: The weakest go … →
The weakest go to the wall.
Indian Proverb
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Russian Proverb: The Tsar has three hands … →
The Tsar has three hands but only one ear.
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Dutch Proverb: The trade of thick-headed Michael:... →
The trade of thick-headed Michael: eating, drinking, and idling.
Dutch Proverb
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August 2009
32 posts
French Proverb: The Italians cry, the Germans … →
The Italians cry, the Germans bawl, and the French sing.
French Proverb
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Latin Proverb: The crab would … →
The crab would catch the hare!
Latin Proverb
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Spanish Proverb: The heart is like the astrologer... →
The heart is like the astrologer who guesses at the truth.
Spanish Proverb
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German Proverb: The chamois climbs high … →
The chamois climbs high and yet is caught.
German Proverb
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Italian Proverb: The chamber-bell... →
The chamber-bell (chamber-clapper, or curtain lecture) is the worst sound one have in his ears.
Italian Proverb
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Italian Proverb: St. Francis shaved himself first,... →
St. Francis shaved himself first, and then he shaved his brethren.
Italian Proverb
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Traditional Proverb: Speak and the man … →
Speak and the man shall be shown.
Traditional Proverb
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Spanish Proverb: Rise early and watch, … →
Rise early and watch, labour and catch.
Spanish Proverb
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Latin Proverb: Repentant tears wash out … →
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Latin Proverb
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Latin Proverb: Many hands make … →
Many hands make light work.
Latin Proverb
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English Proverb: Many hands make … →
Many hands make light work.
English Proverb
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Dutch Proverb: Many hands make … →
Many hands make light work.
Dutch Proverb
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German Proverb: Love cannot be bought or sold, … →
Love cannot be bought or sold, its only price is love.
German Proverb
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African Proverb: Live patiently in the world; know... →
Live patiently in the world; know that those who hate you are more numerous than those who love you.
African Proverb
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French Proverb: John has been to school … →
John has been to school to learn to be a fool.
French Proverb
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Danish Proverb: It is an ill wind that … →
It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
Danish Proverb
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Danish Proverb: It is an ill turn that does … →
It is an ill turn that does no good to any one.
Danish Proverb
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Spanish Proverb: It is an ill bird that … →
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
Spanish Proverb
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Portuguese Proverb: It is an ill bird that … →
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
Portuguese Proverb
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German Proverb: It is an ill bird that … →
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
German Proverb
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Latin Proverb: It is a solace to the miserable to... →
It is a solace to the miserable to have a companion in their grief.
Latin Proverb
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Irish Proverb: It is a long road that … →
It is a long road that has no turning.
Irish Proverb
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