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Never speak of a rope in the house of one who was hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings French about home, house

Take down a rogue from the gallows and he will hang you up.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He that would hang his dog, gives out first, that he is mad.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He who wants to be rich in a year is hanged at six months' end.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wealth, end

You cannot hang a man twice.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man

A good meal is worth hanging for.

Proverbs and old sayings German about good, good luck

The sweetest grapes hang highest.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Time betrays and hangs the thief.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves, time

Nature hangs out her sign everywhere.

Proverbs and old sayings German about nature

Every herring must hang by its own gill.

Proverbs and old sayings German

You cannot hang a man for what he thinks.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man

Better a good hanging than a bad marriage.

Proverbs and old sayings German about marriage, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Better, There he goes, than There he hangs.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Soldiers must be well paid, and well hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He that is born to be hanged will never be drowned.

Proverbs and old sayings German

There are more ways of killing a dog than hanging it.

Proverbs and old sayings German

She is fond of him--on the side where the pocket hangs.

Proverbs and old sayings German

If you want to be old, hang yourself when you are young.

Proverbs and old sayings German about old, olderness

We hang little thieves, and take off our hats to great ones.

Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves

One man knocks in the nail, and another hangs his hat on it.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man