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Every woman would rather be handsome than good.

Proverbs and old sayings German about woman, good, good luck

The master's eye does more than both his hands.

Proverbs and old sayings German

No ape but swears he has the handsomest children.

Proverbs and old sayings German about children

He who writes love letters must have clammy hands.

Proverbs and old sayings German about love

God gave us hands but He doesn't build bridges with them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

There is no nail varnish that can make old hands look younger.

Proverbs and old sayings German about old, olderness

Who bathes his hands in blood will have to wash them with tears.

Proverbs and old sayings German about tears, blood

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

Many hands make a workload lighter.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian

Where the hands move, there let the eyes follow.

Proverbs and old sayings about eyes

The world is in the hands of fools.

Proverbs and old sayings about world

Many hands can shatter stout walls.

Proverbs and old sayings

Can your hands do what your tongue does?

Proverbs and old sayings

Many hands are quickly ready with the work.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about work

Let us take it into our hands and then you carry it.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

A slave boy is blamed no matter what he does: If he does not wash his hands, he is accused of being dirty. If he washes his hands, he is accused of wasting water.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about being, water

The hands of a lawyer are always in someone's pocket.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

One man's beard is burning, and another warms his hands by it.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about man

Law is costly; shake hands and be friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about law

A handstaff of holly, a buailtin of hazel, a single sheaf and a clean floor.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish