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A bird is recognized by her feathers, a man by his friend.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about man

Humor to a man is like a feather pillow. It is filled with what is easy to get but gives great comfort.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about humor, man

Either a ship or a tuft of feathers.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

What is lighter than a feather? Dust. What lighter than dust? Wind. What lighter than the wind? A harlot. What lighter than a harlot? Nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about nothing

Do not eat your chicken and throw its feathers in the front yard.

Proverbs and old sayings Liberian about garden

Roosters' tail feathers: pretty but always behind.

Proverbs and old sayings

Every bird is proud of its feathers.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about proudness

Words and feathers are carried away by the wind.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

A bird does not change its feathers because the weather is bad.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about weather, change, bad luck, bad

To go to heaven in a featherbed.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

The peacock hath fair feathers, but foul feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

The sleepy fox has seldom feathered breakfasts.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Rooster today, feather duster tomorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

The feathers bear away the flesh.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Far away fowls have fair feathers.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

It will be a feather out of your wing.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

He has feather'd his nest, flee when he likes.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Trusting in wealth is like looking for feathers on turtles.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth

Like feathers, words are blown away by the wind.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

When a bird builds its nest it uses the feathers of other birds.

Proverbs and old sayings