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He writes with an iron pen. [That which he writes will not be easily altered. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The Potato grows in silence, The iron corrodes in silence.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about silence

A piece of iron can only become what the blacksmith says it should become.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

You cannot weld cake-dough to cast iron, nor a girl to an old man.

Proverbs and old sayings about americans, man, old, olderness

Better an iron dictatorship than a golden anarchy.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about dictatorship

Hit the iron while it's still hot.

Proverbs and old sayings

An iron peace is better than a golden war.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about war, peace

Unused iron is ruined by rust.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Rust eats up iron.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

God hath leaden feet, but iron hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about god

God comes with leaden feet but strikes with iron hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about god

Many irons in the fire, pare must cool.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

Quhen the iron is hot, it is time to strike.

Proverbs and old sayings about time

He should wear iron shone, that bides his neighbours deed.

Proverbs and old sayings

Better find iron than tine siller.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

There's no iron so hard that rust won't fret it; and there's no cloth so fine that moths won't eat it.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

If you had teeth of steel, you could eat iron coconuts.

Proverbs and old sayings

The time for pressing is while the iron is hot.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about time

If you want to beat a dog, say he eat your iron.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

When the iron is hot, then is the time to strike.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about time