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Half a tale is enough to a wise man.

Proverbs and old sayings about fairy tales, man

Halfway is twelve miles when you have fourteen miles to go.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Half-truth -- whole lie.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about lie, truth

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives

Proverbs and old sayings British about world, old, olderness

Better half a donkey than half a camel.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian

One half the world knows not how the other half lives.

Proverbs and old sayings French about world

One half the world laughs at the other half.

Proverbs and old sayings German about world

He who stops half way is only half in error.

Proverbs and old sayings German about error

When the palm nuts ripen, you carry half and I carry half.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

When yu go a fireside an' see food, eat half an' lef' half.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about food

Eat until you are half full; drink until you are half drunk.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about drinking

Many tines the half-mark whinger for the half-penny whang.

Proverbs and old sayings

It takes half your life to learn who your friends are and the other half to keep them.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about life, americans

The first half of the night, think of your own faults; the second half, the faults of others.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night

Think about your own faults during the first half of the night, and the faults of others during the second half.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night

The first half of life is spent in longing for the second, the second half in regretting the first.

Proverbs and old sayings French about longing, life

As to flowers, when half open; as to sake, when a person is half tipsy.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about flowers, people

You can’t cook one half of a chicken and expect the other half to lay eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings Sanskrit

A maid that laughs is half taken

Proverbs and old sayings British