Search in folklore: brains

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Brains are not to be found in the beard.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

His brains hang at the top of his fez.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about patience

Your aspirations are in heaven, but your brains are in your feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

There are many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about man, americans

Luck in the sky and brains in the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings about bad luck, good luck, sky

The greatest poorness is the lack of brains.

Proverbs and old sayings

Three humble shoemakers brainstorming make a great statesman.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He who has not been given brains from above will not buy them at the apothecary.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about commerce

An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about patience

A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about patience

The brains don't like in the beard.

Proverbs and old sayings English

The mob has many heads but no brains.

Proverbs and old sayings English about heads

Idle brains are the devil's workshop.

Proverbs and old sayings English about devil

The brains of a fox will be of little service if you play with the paw of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Long on hair, short on brains.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Where God bestows an office, he provides brains to fill it.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

A beard signifies lice, not brains.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

Fat head, less brains.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about heads

Some many heads, so many brains.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about heads