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Let those pater nosters be for your own soul. (Ironical, against swearing. )

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about soul

Eggs and iron must not be in the same bag.

Proverbs and old sayings

To have a lot of irons in the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about fire, fire brigade

You must take the chance to forge whilst the iron is hot.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about chance

A gold sword opens an iron door.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

You cannot forge a good sword from bad iron.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone, and more fragile than a rose.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about man

Necessity can break iron.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

Trouble is to man what rust is to iron.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

Patience can break through iron doors.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about patience

Choose your woman with a velvet glove, but control her with a fist of iron.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about woman

What you give, is written in sand; what you take, with an iron hand.

Proverbs and old sayings German

May your friendship not be like a stone: if it breaks you cannot put the pieces together. May it be like iron: when it breaks, you can weld the pieces back together.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about friendship

You have to make the most of the chances that come your way. You have to strike while the iron is hot.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about chance

If you think wellness is expensive, try illness.

Proverbs and old sayings English about irony