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Do not waste your time looking for soft ground to drive your spade in.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about time

The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about home, house, woman

The dead to his burial ground, and the living to his fooling around.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

Even the loftiest of mountains begins on the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

When the earth is hot, the worm stays in the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings about earth, americans

A spacious ground is the right place to demonstrate one's skill in wrestling.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about rightness

Our real grave is not in the ground but in men's hearts.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about real estate, man

The savage ox grows tame on strange ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Make not a balk of good ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about good, good luck

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

He that lies upon the ground can fall no lower.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about fall

Our neighbour's ground yields better corn than ours.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

The tallest tree is rooted in the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Though near be the stone to the ground, closer is the help of Coivi.

Proverbs and old sayings about help

The chakata fruit on the ground belongs to all, but the one on the tree is for she who can climb.

Proverbs and old sayings

A continuous fever even grounds the lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Keep your feet on the ground and you'll lessen the pain.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about pain

Whoever sows on hard ground, needs good wishes and luck.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about good luck, bad luck, good

Don't sleep on the ground during those months that are spelled with an r.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sleep

God protect you from the man who looks down at the ground and the woman who looks up to heaven.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman, god, man