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True love burns within the heart, better than flax and straw.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heart, love

The fire well knows whose cloak burns.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fire, fire brigade

The green burns for the dry, and the righteous pay for sinners.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

He does not a little who burns his house: he frightens the rats, and warms himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house

An ember burns where it falls.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

The one who burns his mouth for drinking milk too hot, eats even yogurt carefully.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about drinking

A brand burns him who stirs it up.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu

When your luck deserts you, even cold food burns.

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

A small fire that warms you, is better than a large one that burns you.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fire, fire brigade

Better a small fire that warms you than a big one that burns you.

Proverbs and old sayings French about fire, fire brigade