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Dumb dogs and still water are dangerous.

Proverbs and old sayings German about water

Dumb men get no land.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about man

Who is blind, dumb and deaf will live a peaceful life of a hundred years.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about blind, life

It's better to live with a dumb person than a liar.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

A sweet lovely voice cannot make a dumb person talk.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about voice, people

Good listening does not mean sitting dumb.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, good, good luck

Where drums beat, laws are dumb.

Proverbs and old sayings British

A cherry year, a merry year; a plum year, a dumb year.

Proverbs and old sayings Cameroonian

Only the dumb can silence the chatterer.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about silence

A mother will understand what her dumb son says.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about mother

Too clever is dumb.

Proverbs and old sayings German about intelligence

Even the mother cannot understand the words of a dumb child.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about children, mother

To sing to the deaf, to talk with the dumb, and to dance for the blind are three foolish things.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about dance, blind, things

Who is blind? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich? He who is happy with his lot.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about happiness, blind, wealth, world, nothing

Light griefs can speak, but deeper ones are dumb.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about light

To make a error is human; pushing the same error is dumb.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about error, human imperfections

Little cares speak, great ones are dumb.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Confide a secret to a dumb man and he will speak.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about secret, man

It's dumb to put snow on the kitchen spit, the snow melts and the fire goes out.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about fire, fire brigade

All dumb people have a lot to say.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about people