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You can throw a cat whoever you want, it always falls on its feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

When your enemy falls, don't rejoice -- but don't pick him up either.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about enemies

When the rain falls in the valley, the hill gets angry.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about rain

When your neighbor's horse falls into a pit, you should not rejoice at it, for your own child may fall into it too.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about fall, children

No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.

Proverbs and old sayings Zen about bad

A horse has four legs, yet it often falls.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu

When there is a misunderstanding between the left leg and right leg the entire body falls down.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about body, rightness

When the water rises, the fish eat the ants; when the water falls, the ants eat the fish.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

The withered tree will destroy the healthy tree when it falls down.

Proverbs and old sayings about destruction

After taking ninety-nine years to climb a stairway, the tortoise falls and says there is a curse on haste.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese

The words of God are not like the oak leaf which dies and falls to the earth, but like the pine tree which stays green forever.

Proverbs and old sayings about salary, earth, god, americans

Who takes cover under the branch, collects what rains and collects what falls.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Loving someone that does not love you is like loving the rain that falls in the forest.

Proverbs and old sayings about rain, love

A beautiful woman who is pleasing to men is good only for frightening fish when she falls into the water.

Proverbs and old sayings Zen about woman, man, water, good, good luck