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Pluck flowers as they bloom; wait and you'll have only the twigs.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about flowers

The country where flowers are expensive lacks the foundation of culture.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about culture, flowers, country

The flowers in your garden don't smell as sweet as those in the wild, but they last much longer.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about flowers, garden

A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles of civilization.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about civilization, flowers, country

Olive flowers in June, olives in the hand.

Proverbs and old sayings about flowers

Benefits please like flowers, when they are fresh.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about flowers

Benefits, like flowers, please most when they are fresh.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about flowers

Painted flowers have no odour.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about flowers

All flowers are not fit for nosegays.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about flowers

For the benefit of the flowers, we water the thorns, too.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about flowers, water

April showers bring May flowers.

Proverbs and old sayings English about flowers

All flowers are not in one garland.

Proverbs and old sayings English about flowers

Love is a garden full of flowers and marriage is a field of stinging nettles.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about flowers, marriage, garden, love

Bees touch no fading flowers.

Proverbs and old sayings French about flowers

Snakes prefer to hide under flowers.

Proverbs and old sayings French about flowers

Fair flowers do not remain long by the wayside.

Proverbs and old sayings French about flowers

The tulip is, among flowers, what the peacock is among birds. A tulip lacks scent, a peacock has an unpleasant voice. The one takes pride in its garb, the other in its tail.

Proverbs and old sayings French about voice, flowers, proudness

Painted flowers are scentless.

Proverbs and old sayings German about flowers

Painted flowers have no scent.

Proverbs and old sayings German about flowers

Not all flowers are fit for nosegays.

Proverbs and old sayings German about flowers