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If luck is with you, even your ox will give birth to a calf.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about bad luck, good luck, americans

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never her age.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about birthday, age, olderness, woman, americans, man

I came to the place of my birth and cried, The friends of my youth, where are they? And echo answered, Where are they?

Proverbs and old sayings about youth

A loving wife is often blessed with the birth of a tenth child.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, wife

Great birth is a very poor dish at table.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Give me, mother, luck at my birth, then throw me if you will on the rubbish heap.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about bad luck, good luck, mother

At birth your fate is written.

Proverbs and old sayings about destiny

Set aside emergencies and help a woman giving birth.

Proverbs and old sayings about help, woman

People should be mourned at their birth, not at their death.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, people

Nobility of soul is more honourable than nobility of birth.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about soul

Noble birth is a poor dish at table.

Proverbs and old sayings English

A cow gave birth to a fire: she wanted to lick it, but it burned; she wanted to leave it, but she could not because it was her own child.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about children, fire, fire brigade

Parents give birth to the body of their children, but not always to their characters.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about parents, body, children

High birth is a poor dish on the table.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Breeding rather than birth.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Many births mean many burials.

Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan

The woman who gives birth to a child is like the banana tree that breaks under the weight of its fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, woman

The pumpkin gives birth and the fence has the trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

Not every sweet root gives birth to sweet grass.

Proverbs and old sayings about americans

Raise what you've given birth to.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian