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The beggar who asks for crumbs gets more than the one who asks for bread.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes; he who asks no questions stays a fool forever.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about question

In a deal there are two fools: the one who asks too much and the one who asks too little.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The one who asks commits no sin.

Proverbs and old sayings about sin

He who pelts another with paddles asks for stones in return.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No one is without knowledge except he who asks no questions.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about knowledge

He who asks you to converse ends up telling others that you're shouting.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about conversation, end

He who asks for the meaning of a proverb has called her/his mother's dowry a waste.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

The one who asks questions doesn't lose his way.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who asks more of a friend than he can bestow deserves to be refused.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

He that asks knows one shame; he that doesn't knows two.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about shame

The mouth who ate the seeds asks, 'Now what shall I plant? '.

Proverbs and old sayings

What the devil is unable to do, he asks a woman to do?

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about devil, woman

When given a kingdom, the gypsy asks: what about bread?

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about gypsies

They do not want him in the village, he asks for the priest's house.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about home, house

The child who is given everything he asks for usually won't succeed in life.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, life

The wise man asks questions of himself; the fool questions others.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about question