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You can tell an educated person by their talk and bells by their ringing.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about people

Ring the bells for whoever eats snails and drinks water, because he's dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about water

Who is to bell the cat?

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

A hungry belly listens to no one.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The ox without a bell is soon lost.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

A cracked bell will never be sound.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The one who rings the fire bell is safe.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fire, fire brigade

The epicure puts his purse into his belly.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

God comes to see without ringing the bell.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about god

A woman's belly is a garden with many fruits.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about garden, woman

He is out of danger who rings the alarm-bell.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about danger

He who has lost his oxen is always hearing bells.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

One can't ring the bells and walk in the procession.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

He who receives the offerings let him ring the bells.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The devil climbs the bell tower in a priest's cassock.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about devil

A full belly is neither good for flight, nor for fighting.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about flight, good, good luck

Man is fire, woman is tow; the devil comes with a bellows.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about devil, fire, fire brigade, woman, man

If two doctors visit a sick man, the sexton rings the bells.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

If it weren't for my need to fill my belly, I would have gilded my arm.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about need

Thieves never steal bells.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about thieves