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A sparrow in the hand is better then a pigeon on the branch.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

Who takes cover under the branch, collects what rains and collects what falls.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

He who hangs out a branch wants to sell his wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about commerce, wine

Poverty is no sin, but it is a branch of roguery.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about poverty, sin

Elm trees have beautiful branches but hardly ever bear fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

You shouldn't saw off the branch you're sitting on.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish

A gold branch with a jade leaf.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai about salary

God made low branches for birds that cannot fly so well.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about god

The tree branch should be cut off before it becomes a limb.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

Night of the Saint Andrew

On the 30th of November, Romaian people is celebrating Saint Andrew, the spiritual patriarch of Romania.

The night before Saint Andrew's Eve is known as the night of the ghosts( strigoi), strigoi means in Romanian...

Traditions and superstitions Romanian

When the mother monkey leaves her baby to fall, one must not blame the dried branch.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, mother

The strength of a tree lies in its roots -- not in its branches.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

If there is someone to haul the fir-tree, there shall be no shortage of those willing to hold a branch to help.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about help

There is no distinction among the common baskets made of palm branches.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about common sense

A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch can't be saved.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about chance, people

If there is no reason, why would the tempua bird nest on the low branches?

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about reason

When you climb the mountain and reach the top, do not forget the branches shrubs that helped your footing.

Proverbs and old sayings

For the birds that cannot soar, God has provided low branches.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about god

The root of all health is in the brain. The trunk of it is in emotion. The branches and leaves are the body. The flower of health blooms when all parts work together.

Proverbs and old sayings about emotions, brain, garden, body, work