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Two heads are better than one

Proverbs and old sayings British about heads, old, olderness

Two wrongs (do not) make a right

Proverbs and old sayings British about rightness, old, olderness

Virtue is its own reward

Proverbs and old sayings British about reward, virtue, old, olderness

Walls have ears

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

A loan though old is not gift.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about gifts, old, olderness

A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness

And old rat is a brave rat.

Proverbs and old sayings French about old, olderness

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

Rome was not built in a day

Proverbs and old sayings British about day, old, olderness

The Devil looks after his own

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, old, olderness

There are more old drunkards than old doctors.

Proverbs and old sayings French about old, olderness

Young men may die, old men must.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man, old, olderness

Be aware of the idiot, for he is like an old dress. Every time you patch it, the wind will tear it back again.

Proverbs and old sayings about time, old, olderness

Poor is the man who does not think of the old age.

Proverbs and old sayings Albanian about olderness, age, man, old

The young have strength, the old knowledge.

Proverbs and old sayings Romanian about knowledge, old, olderness

A person once bitten by a snake will be scared by an old rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about people, old, olderness

All is fair in love and war

Proverbs and old sayings British about war, love, old, olderness