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Beard and cloak do not make one a philosopher.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Beware of women with beards and men without beards.

Proverbs and old sayings Basques about man

Better a Jew without a beard than a beard without a Jew.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

Hares may pull dead lions by the beard.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about chance

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

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

He who spits up in the air will get it back on his beard.

Proverbs and old sayings about air

One man's beard is on fire, and another man warms his hands on it.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade, man

A long beard and a rosary will not make you a priest.

Proverbs and old sayings

It is not the beard that makes the philosopher.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about chance

Too many barbers would be ready to shave the beard of a beardless man.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about man

If the beard were all, goats could preach.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

If the beard were all, the goat might preach.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Take advice of a red-bearded man, and be gone.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about advice, man

If a beard were all, the goat would be the winner.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

It is a base thing to tear a dead lion's beard off.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about things

If the beard meant everything, the goat would preach.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish