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Broken eggs can never be mended.

Proverbs and old sayings

Broken friendship may be soldered but can never be made sound.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about friendship

Broken freendships can be soother'd, but never soond.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.

Proverbs and old sayings

A broken hand works, but not a broken heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about heart

A broken hand can work but a broken heart can't.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about work, heart

One link broken, the whole chain is broken.

Proverbs and old sayings German

It is poor comfort for one who has broken his leg, that another has broken his neck.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

What has to be broken before it can be used?

An egg.

Riddles

Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about politics

Rules were made to be broken.

Proverbs and old sayings British about rules, old, olderness

The potter drinks water from a broken jug.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about water

If it is not broken don't try to fix it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A forest cannot be cut with a broken axe.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

An elephant does not die from one broken rib.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A potter eats from a broken piece of his pots.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Society is like a pot it can't carry water when its broken.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about society, water

The mind of a fool is like a broken pot it will hold no wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mind, wisdom

Unless the broken tooth is thrown out the mouth will continue to chew with caution.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about prudence