He that holds the handle of a frying-pan runs the risk of burning himself.
Proverbs and old sayings French about risk
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The bitter cup we strive to remove from us holds the medicine we are most in need of.
Proverbs and old sayings about medicine, bitter, need
Art holds fast when all else is lost.
Proverbs and old sayings German about art, magic, fasting
He who grasps at all, holds nothing fast.
Proverbs and old sayings German about fasting, nothing
He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief.
Proverbs and old sayings German about thieves, bad luck, bad
Eating and drinking holds body and soul together.
Proverbs and old sayings German about drinking, body, soul
Nothing looks so like a man of sense as a fool who holds his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings German about common sense, sense, nothing, man
He holds out a carrot to somebody.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
An empty ear holds its head upright.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about heads
A man who holds good cards would never say if they were dealt wrong.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about bad, good, good luck, man
He who grasps too much holds nothing fast.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fasting, nothing
Every fool is wise when he holds his tongue.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
He who holds a ladder is as bad as the thief.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves, bad luck, bad
A ragged sack holds no grain, a poor man is not taken into counsel.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about moral, man
Even when a samurai has not eaten, he holds his toothpick high.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese
A poor cask often holds good wine.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wine, good, good luck
Whilst standing he holds one opinion, whilst sitting another.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin about opinion
God speaks for the man who holds his peace.
Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about peace, god, man
Listen to the voice of nature, For it holds treasures for you.
Proverbs and old sayings about treasure, voice, nature, americans
To the bold man Fortune holds out her hand.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about wealth, man
