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The bigger the tree, the harder she falls.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

The higher you climb, the harder you may fall.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fall, americans

By the yard, life is hard. By the inch, it's a cinch.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about garden, life, americans

You can hardly keep from getting soiled if you fight with a skunk.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fight, americans

The wicked work harder to preach hell than the righteous do to get to heaven.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about hell, work, americans

It's a hardship that will go away.

Proverbs and old sayings

He's hardly a sour grape, yet behaves like a raisin.

Proverbs and old sayings

Quiet horses kick the hardest.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about quiet

Whenever I work hard for other people, I always sleep on an empty stomach.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about sleep, work, people

He that brings good news, knocks hard.

Proverbs and old sayings British about good, good luck

Ye ca' hardest at the nail that drives fastest.

Proverbs and old sayings British

It is hard to sail over the sea in an egg-shell.

Proverbs and old sayings British

To bow the body is easy, to bow the will is hard.

Proverbs and old sayings British about body

Man is harder than a stone and more brittle than an egg.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about man

Water can wear away even the hardest rock.

Proverbs and old sayings about rocks, water

Fire makes mud hard and gold melt.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fire, fire brigade

Forethought is easy, repentance hard.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The hardest step is over the threshold.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The harder you fall, the higher you bounce.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fall

Once on a tiger's back it is hard to alight.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese