Search in folklore: harder

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The bigger they are, the harder they fall

Proverbs and old sayings British about fall, old, olderness

Eating tough meat is always harder for a toothless lion.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A wound given by a word is many times harder to cure than that which is given by the sword.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about word

The older the fool, the harder he falls.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

The higher they fly, the harder they fall.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fall, americans

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

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

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

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about man

The harder you fall, the higher you bounce.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fall

It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth

One hair of a maiden's head pulls harder than ten yoke of oxen.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads

The scabbier the sheep the harder it bleats.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

It is harder work getting to hell than to heaven.

Proverbs and old sayings German about hell, work

There is only one thing harder than looking for a dewdrop in the dew, and that is fishing for a clam in the clam chowder.

Proverbs and old sayings about things

Keeping is harder than winning.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

A man that is lean, not from hunger, is harder than brass.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about hunger, man

The older buck gets, the harder become its horns.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish

To listen to a lie is harder than to tell it.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about lie

Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone, and more fragile than a rose.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about man