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A foolish woman is known by her finery.

Proverbs and old sayings French about woman

Some have fine eyes and can't see a jot.

Proverbs and old sayings French about eyes

Too keen an edge does not cut, too fine a point does not pierce.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A fine girl and a tattered gown always find something to hook the them.

Proverbs and old sayings French

If the weather is fine, put on you cloak; if it rains, do as you please.

Proverbs and old sayings French about weather

Praise the fine day in the evening.

Proverbs and old sayings about praise, day

Praise a fine day at night.

Proverbs and old sayings German about praise, night, day

To-day in finery, to-morrow in filth.

Proverbs and old sayings German about day

Sin when you are drunk, pay the fine when you are sober.

Proverbs and old sayings German about sin

From a broken violin do not expect fine music.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about music

Silence is a fine jewel for a woman, but it is little worn.

Proverbs and old sayings about silence, woman

It is a fine thing to die for one's fatherland, but a still finer thing to live for it.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about things

A moth will eat the finest linen.

Proverbs and old sayings

Many a happy colt makes a fine horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about happiness

We have a fine day more often than a kiln-cast.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about day

Make your hay before the fine weather leaves you.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about weather

Do not mistake a goats beard for a fine stallion's tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about mistake

Do not mistake a goat's beard for a fine stallion's tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about mistake

The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind finely.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish