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No matter how fast a man can run, he can never chase his shadow and catch it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about shadow, fasting, man

Old brag is a good dog, but hold fast is better.

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

Death rides a fast camel.

Proverbs and old sayings about fasting, death

He fasts and fasts, then he breaks his fast with an onion.

Proverbs and old sayings about fasting

He fasted for a whole year and then broke his fast with an onion.

Proverbs and old sayings about fasting

Both the fast and the slow will meet each other on the ferry boat.

Proverbs and old sayings about fasting

If the hare is your enemy, admit that he can run fast.

Proverbs and old sayings about fasting, enemies

He, who gets angry, grows old fast.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about fasting, old, olderness

If you break the fast, better eat pork, not curds.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about fasting

No matter how fast a man is, he cannot outrun his shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings Cameroonian about shadow, fasting, man

Wait long, strike fast.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fasting

A hobbling cat is better than a fast horse when rats swarm the palace.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fasting

He who lives fast goes straight to his death.

Proverbs and old sayings about fasting, death

Morning rain and women's tears dry as fast as each other.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about tears, fasting, rain

A moneyless man goes fast through the market.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fasting, man

Call not the devil, he will come fast enough unbidden.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fasting, devil

Ill weed grows fast.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fasting

He runs as fast as if he had eggs in his shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fasting

Is there no mean but fast or feast?

Proverbs and old sayings English about feast, fasting

He that lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon.

Proverbs and old sayings English about fasting