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Marriage is the opposite to a fever attack; it begins very hot and ends very cold.

Proverbs and old sayings German about attack, end, marriage

A woman is like a blanket: If you cover yourself with it, it bothers you; if you throw it aside you will feel the cold.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about woman

Under the mountains is silver and gold, But under the night sky, hunger and cold.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about hunger, sky, night

If there are two cooks in one house, the soup is either too salty or too cold.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about home, house

Little kens the wife that sits by the fire, how the wind blows cold in hurle-burle swyre.

Proverbs and old sayings about wife, fire, fire brigade

Who does not want to work in the heat, will have to starve in the cold.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about work

Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about air, food, things