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Who holds his peace and gathers stones, will find a time to throw them.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about peace, time

He that too much embraceth holds little.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

He that speaks sows and he that holds his peace gathers.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about peace

A dum man holds all.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Many purses holds friends together.

Proverbs and old sayings

Little wars an ill hussie what a dinner holds in.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who grasps at much holds fast little.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fasting

A fool, if he holds his tongue, passes for wise.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

Who picks a tool unsuited to a task should not complain if it does no more than cut the hand that holds it.

Proverbs and old sayings about tools

Nothing looks more like a man of sense than a fool who holds his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings German about common sense, sense, nothing, man

Who takes an eel by the tail or a woman by her word, grasp as he will, holds nothing fast.

Proverbs and old sayings German about fasting, word, woman, nothing

Who takes an eel by the tail and a woman at her word, may say he holds nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about word, woman, nothing

Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thinking

(Don’t try to) cook six liters of food in a pot that only holds three liters.

Proverbs and old sayings about food

He who lacks knowledge derides his neighbor, but the man of understanding holds his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about knowledge, man

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about water, old, olderness

The essence of the spirit is space, there is nothing it holds to in the end.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about univers, spirit, end, nothing

The plum tree, dwindling, contains less of the spring; But the garden is wider, and holds more of the moon.

Proverbs and old sayings about spring, moon, garden