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Never approach a goat from the front, a horse from behind, and a fool from both sides.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

The best horse needs a whip, intelligent men need advice, and devout women need a man.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about need, advice, man

A proverb is the horse that can carry one swiftly to the discovery of ideas.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

When your neighbor's horse falls into a pit, you should not rejoice at it, for your own child may fall into it too.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about fall, children

A horse has four legs, yet it often falls.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu

The horse that arrives early gets good drinking water.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about drinking, water, good, good luck

If you see someone riding a bamboo-cane, tell him What a lovely horse!

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Take wisdom from the wise - not everyone who rides a horse is a jockey.

Proverbs and old sayings about wisdom

The mule was asked: Who is your father? It responded with: The horse is my uncle.

Proverbs and old sayings

By slitting the ears and cutting the tail, a dog is still a dog, not a horse, not an ass.

Proverbs and old sayings

If God should listen to rooks, he should send a plague to horses.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about god

The cow is milked, not the ox; the sheep is shorn, not the horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The Lord will not fail to come, though he may not come on horseback.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A sparrow suffers as much when it breaks its leg as does a Flanders horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

If God bids thee draw, he will find thee a rope; if he bids thee ride, he will find thee a horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about god

There is nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.

Proverbs and old sayings about nothing, good, good luck, man

Counsel is as welcome to him as a shoulder of mutton to a sick horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about moral

The afterthought is good for nought, except it be to catch blind horses with.

Proverbs and old sayings English about blind, good, good luck

The third time someone tries to put a saddle on you, you should admit you're a horse.

Proverbs and old sayings English about time