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He who wants to travel far takes care of his beast.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Age and marriage tame the beast.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian about marriage, age, olderness

There are no bad beasts except man.

Proverbs and old sayings about bad luck, bad, man

Wind from the east is good for neither man nor beast.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about good, good luck, man

The beast once dead, the venom is dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

To err is human, to persist in it, beastly.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about human imperfections

One beast easily recognizes another.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The skin of a lion covering some mongrel beast.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Drunkenness makes some men fools, some beasts, and some devils.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about drunkenness, man

For a voracious beast pebbles in his feed.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

The beast that goes well never wants a rider to try its paces.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

April rains for men; May, for beasts.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about man

He has gotten the boot and the better beast.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

When the weather changes, the beast sneezes.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about weather

It's better to cajole the beast than to scream at it.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

There is no beast so savage but sports with its mate.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The beast that goes well is never without some one to try his paces.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

He who slaughters a beast does not hesitate about skinning it.

Proverbs and old sayings

There is no beast that does not roar in its den.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu