Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about chance
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What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
You shake in vain the branch that bears no fruit.
Proverbs and old sayings
An orange never bears a lime.
Proverbs and old sayings
Hungry bear doesn't dance.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about dance
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. Trojan War, Virgil in the Aeneid
Proverbs and old sayings British about gifts, war, old, olderness
A palm tree growing in the shade will not bear ripe fruit.
Proverbs and old sayings Afghan
As long as the beard exists, the world clenches its fists. As long as the pakul hat exists, the world stutters in fits.
Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about world
A fallen branch cannot bear fruits on its own.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A silly daughter teaches her mother how to bear children.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother
Haste and hurry can only bear children with many regrets.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children
The horns cannot be too heavy for the cow that bears them.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A man who after his dying speech doesn't die, bears the same guilt.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about guilt, man
The eye cannot bear loads yet it can tell heavy objects from light ones.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about objects, light
If you can bear the hissing of a snake, don't complain when you are bitten.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Whatever nourished the goat until it grew a beard will continue to sustain him.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
If wisdom is measured by the size of the beard then the goat is a philosopher king.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wisdom
Roots of evil bear bitter fruits.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about bitter, americans
Those who take the profits should also bear the expense.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans
Bulls make money and bears make money, but hogs just get slaughtered.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about money, americans
