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We maun live by the living and no by the dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Be happy while you're living, For you're a long time dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about happiness, time

If the Devil were dead, folk would do little for God's sake.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about devil, god

He that marries a widow will have a dead man's head often thrown in his dish.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads, man

A dead man pays no debts.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about man

Do not measure the wolf's tail till he is dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about measure

A deadly sin can't be concealed.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sin

The living who is absent is like a dead man.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about absent, man

A man without money is like the walking dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about money, man

If Catania had a port, Palermo would be dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Little birds may pick a dead lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

A great lance-thrust to a dead Moor.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The ass dead, the barley at his tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The dearest child of all is the dead one.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about children

She is good and honoured who is dead and buried.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about good, good luck

If you want to be dead, wash your head and go to bed.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about heads

Better visit hell in your lifetime than after you're dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about hell

He who has lost his reputation is a dead man among the living.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about prestige, man

He who marries a widow will often have a dead man's head thrown in his dish.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about heads, man

He that marries a widow will often have a dead man's head thrown into the dish.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about heads, man