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The bird that escapes from its cage never wants to come back.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

No matter how long a bird lives in a cage, it will always want to escape.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Give a horse to the one who likes the truth so that on it he can escape.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about truth

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about moment, anger, day, sadness

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.

Proverbs and old sayings English about world, heart, man

Sometimes you have to throw yourself into the fire to escape from the smoke.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about smoke, fire, fire brigade

A person who chases a chicken is due a fall. The chicken is a master of the dodged escaped.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about fall, people

He who hunts two hares does not catch the one and lets the other escape.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about word

Even if the sky falls on you, there is a hole that you can escape from.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about sky

Opportunity has hair in front, behind she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her, but, if suffered to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch her again.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about chance

It's too late to close the stable door after the horse has escaped.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian

He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned. You can't escape your destiny.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about destiny

He who is after two things at the same time, one will surely escape him.

Proverbs and old sayings about things, time