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No hill without gravestones, no valley without shadows.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu

House protecting: God, bless the world and all that is therein

House protecting

God, bless the world and all that is therein.
God, bless my spouse and my children,
God, bless the eye that is in my head,
And bless, O God, the handling of my hand;
What time I rise in the morning early,
What time I...

Spells and incantations British

Do not make a mountain out of a mole hill

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

Every hill has its leopard.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Always a valley before a hill.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, contentment

Do on the hill as you would do in the hall.

Proverbs and old sayings British about contentment

He that stays in the valley, shall never get over the hill.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Virtue: climbing a hill; vice: running down.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about vice, virtue

If you never go up a hill, you will never know what a plain is like.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment

It is easier to transport a termite hill than have authority in a village.

Proverbs and old sayings about authority

Put a stout heart to a steep hill.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about heart

Help the man climbing a hill, not the one standing below it.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about help, man

He that stays in the valley will not get over the hill.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He stands there like a donkey on the hill.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He who has cattle on the hill will not sleep easy.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about sleep

Every hill has its valley.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

An ant's nest could bring down a hill.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

You cannot force water up a hill.

Proverbs and old sayings about force, police, water, contentment

If the hill is on fire the grasshoppers are roasted.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about fire, fire brigade