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Gravediggers have their own gravediggers too.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

The gravest fish is an oyster; the gravest bird's an ool; the gravest beast's an ass; and the gravest man's a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about fishing, man

No hill without gravestones, no valley without shadows.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu

Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about soul, earth, contentment

There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about hope

One's name remains above the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about name

The grave only calls those death loves.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about death

A gravestone cannot be used for grinding.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you're a good person even after death your grave is loved.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about death, people, good, good luck, contentment

He who doesn't know a grave's coldness, doesn't give the dead their respect.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about respect

A good man never stays in the grave forever, he always has chance to come back.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about chance, good, good luck, man

Equality begins in the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about equality, americans

The grave is our mother.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother

Seek education from the cradle to the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings about education

Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings about knowledge

What is learnt in the cradle lasts to the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings

The man and his woman is like the grave and its dead.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman, man

Dont step over a grave or you will soon die.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, contentment

Dont point your finger into a graveyard or it will drop off.

Proverbs and old sayings

A dead man does not know where his grave is.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about man