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What belongs to everybody belongs to nobody.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

More things belong to marriage than four bare legs in a bed.

Proverbs and old sayings British about marriage, things

Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about wealth, people

A dog that belongs to every one will die of hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about hunger

For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

Though the sky belongs to the bird it can't fly when it's raining.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sky

A child doesn't belong to the father or mother; a child belongs to the ancestors.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, ancestors, mother

The cock belongs to one household, but when it crows it is heard in the whole village.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

As long as a cock lives, it is said to have belonged to the child of the house; but when it is slaughtered for super, it is then that the real owner emerges.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about real estate, children, home, house

The future belongs to those who prepare for it.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about future, americans

All kinds of fame belong partly to others.

Proverbs and old sayings about fame

The tongue that belongs to a fake friend is sharper than a knife.

Proverbs and old sayings Argentinian

Earth belongs to the brave but heaven to those who deserve it.

Proverbs and old sayings Basques about earth

A song belongs to no one.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

There belongs more than whistling to going to plough.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The person who gives away his belongings will slowly become a beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings Columbian about people

The soul belongs to God, and possessions to their owners.

Proverbs and old sayings about soul, god

More belongs to dancing than a pair of dancing-shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about dignity, proudness, man

In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.

Proverbs and old sayings English about things