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There's no making a donkey drink against his will.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about drinking

Better half a donkey than half a camel.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian

We let him in, he brought his donkey along.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian

They couldn't beat the donkey so they beat the saddle.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian

He who couldn't overcome the donkey took on the saddle.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian

We let him in; but then he brought his donkey along, too.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian

Talk the hind legs off a donkey.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Patience is the virtue of the donkeys.

Proverbs and old sayings French about virtue, patience

The communal donkey gets the heaviest burden.

Proverbs and old sayings French about burden

The common property donkey is the worst saddled.

Proverbs and old sayings French about common sense

Don't harness the donkey and the horse together.

Proverbs and old sayings French

If a donkey kicks you and you kick back, you are both donkeys.

Proverbs and old sayings

A donkey in Saxony is a professor in Rome.

Proverbs and old sayings German

My donkey is dead; let no more grass grow.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

The donkey sweats so the horse can be decorated with lace.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian

He stands there like a donkey on the hill.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He disappeared like a grey donkey in the fog.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

If there is no horse, a donkey will do as well.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Walking slowly, even the donkey will reach Lhasa.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

Never stand in front of a judge or behind a donkey.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about judges