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The starving man will never burn his bread.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian about man

Don't extinguish something that does not burn you.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech

Better blow hard than burn yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The fire heeds little whose cloak it burns.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fire, fire brigade

The fire burns brightest on one's own hearth.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fire, fire brigade

The wet branch burns better than the dry stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

There is no need to blow what does not burn you.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about need

There is no use in blowing a fire that burns well.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about use, fire, fire brigade

He who tastes every man's broth, often burns his mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

A burnt child fears the fire, and a bitten child fears a dog.

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

Where two women rule a hearth-fire, the thatch may burn with the sparks flying.

Proverbs and old sayings about rules, fire, fire brigade

From a spark the house is burnt.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about home, house

He burns the candle at both ends.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about end

That which burns thee not, cool not.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

It is better to blow than burn your mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

He who burns his posteriors must sit on blisters.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

The fly flutters around the candle till it gets burnt.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

One sprinkles the most sugar where the tart is burned.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

If you play with fire you get burnt.

Proverbs and old sayings English about fire, fire brigade

Don't burn your bridges before they're crossed.

Proverbs and old sayings English