Search in folklore: closed

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A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about mind

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Flies can't fall in a tight-closed pot.

Proverbs and old sayings about fall, americans

Do not judge a person until the lid of his coffin is closed.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about judges, people

The best kind of closed door is the one you can leave unlocked.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Jails are always closed yet full, while temples are always open yet empty.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The jail is closed day and night and always full; temples are always open and still empty.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night, day

A closed mouth catches neither flies nor food.

Proverbs and old sayings about food

A truth-teller finds the doors closed against him.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about truth

Love talks, even with closed lips.

Proverbs and old sayings German about love

A closed mouth--a wise head.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about heads

When wrathful words arise a closed mouth is soothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The devil turns away from a closed door.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil

A pear will never fall into a closed mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fall

Only when the coffin is closed will we see how long lasting is the name.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about name

Man's affairs are evaluated only after his coffin is closed.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about man

The closed mouth doesn't catch any flies.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

A fly will not get into a closed mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

The village gate can be closed, the mouth of the fool, never.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

A fly doesn't enter in a closed mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese