Search in folklore: chase

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A stern chase is a long chase.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Time chases love away and love chases the time away.

Proverbs and old sayings German about time, love

The one chased away with a club comes back, but the one chased away with reason does not.

Proverbs and old sayings about reason

If you chase two rabbits you will catch none.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Whoever tells the truth is chased out of nine villages.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about truth

A cow without a tail should not try to chase away flies.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

It will be fool's hardy for the ant to chase an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how fast a man can run, he can never chase his shadow and catch it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about shadow, fasting, man

When you chase a fellow man reserve the strength to switch you back when he recharges and turns.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

The one chased away with a stick comes back and the one chassed away with reason doesn't come back.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about reason

The fox must be chased away first after that the hen might be warned against wandering into the bush.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A man chases a woman until she catches him.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about woman, americans, man

He that chases another does not sit still himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A cow that has no tail should not try to chase away flies.

Proverbs and old sayings Guinean

In the daytime do we chase the black goat.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about magic

A person who chases a chicken is due a fall. The chicken is a master of the dodged escaped.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about fall, people

A kitchen dog never was good for the chase.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about good, good luck

A coquettish woman is like a shadow -- as you chase her she runs away, and if you run away, she chases after you.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about shadow, woman

If you chase away an ant, all the ants will come and bite you.

Proverbs and old sayings

A man who chases two rabbits catches none.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about man