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He who is not happy with the position of the sun should climb and change it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about change, happiness, sun

No matter how long a stick may stay in a river, it will never change into fish.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about change

If you are building something and a nail breaks, should you stop building altogether, or should you change the nail?

Proverbs and old sayings West African about change

Man changes often but improves seldom.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends.

Proverbs and old sayings about progress, change, anger, things, man

No matter how much the world changes, cats will never lay eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings about world

The wolf changes only his coat -- not his character.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about character

A man's fortune must first be changed from within.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth, man

The day your horse dies and your money's lost, your relatives change to strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change, money, day

The day your horse dies and your money's gone, your relatives change into strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about change, money, day

He who changes, suffers.

Proverbs and old sayings

Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian about spirit, law, man

Who often changes, damages.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Long absence changes friends.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A table friend is changeable.

Proverbs and old sayings French

As changeable is the moon so is the opinion of the woman.

Proverbs and old sayings French about opinion, moon, woman

The fox changes his skin, but keeps the rogue.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Happy is the one who forgets that which cannot be changed.

Proverbs and old sayings German about happiness

April weather, woman's love, rose-leaves, dice, and card-luck, change every moment.

Proverbs and old sayings German about moment, weather, change, bad luck, good luck, woman, love

If a woman gets rich she changes into a man.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about wealth, woman, man