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Afraid of one's shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings about shadow

Afraid of his own shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about shadow

Afraid of the enemies - don't be a border guard.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about enemies

Don't be afraid of the turbulent river, be afraid of the moderate river.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian

Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Do not start if afraid, once begun do not be afraid.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian

Don't be afraid of he who's loud and noisy, be afraid of he who's head is down.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about heads

Be always a little afraid so that you never have need of being much afraid.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about being, need

You needn't be afraid of a barking dog, but you should be afraid of a silent dog.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

If the owner of the goat is not afraid to travel by night, the owner of a hyena certainly will not be.

Proverbs and old sayings about night

Having been bitten by a snake, he's afraid of a rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The calf is not afraid of the mother's horns.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

A rock in the middle of the sea is never afraid of the rain.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rocks, rain

Whoever stands in need of honey should not be afraid of bees.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about need

Anyone suffering from a running stomach is never afraid of the dark.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about suffering, dark

The brave man is not he who doesn't feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fear, man

It is not the things in the soup that I am afraid of but perhaps the person I am eating with.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, things

The one whose belly isn't full of straw isn't afraid of fire

Proverbs and old sayings Algerian about fire, fire brigade

Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans