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He who pulls out a knife, by knife shall die.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

A knife and a shaving-knife are alike.

Proverbs and old sayings

One knife will not cut another knife; one cheat will not cheat another cheat.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese

Whether the knife falls on the melon or the melon on the knife, the melon suffers.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The tongue like a sharp knife...Kills without drawing blood.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drawing, blood

Even if a knife is made of gold, a person won't stab his own heart with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about people, heart

Even if a knife is made of silver, a person won't stab his own heart with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about people, heart

A knife does not recognize its owner.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

What is in the yams that a knife doesn't know.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Only a knife can best tell a child when to leave it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about children

The knife that has been lent, never comes back alone.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how sharp a knife is, it can never cut its handle.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off your lips.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Teaching a monkey to eat with a fork and knife will never make it a man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about teaching, man

If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how to expel it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about miracle

The knife of the family does not cut.

Proverbs and old sayings about family

A false friend's tongue is sharper than a knife.

Proverbs and old sayings Argentinian

To engage in conflict, one does not bring a knife that cuts -but a needle that sews.

Proverbs and old sayings about conflict

To start a fight, one does not bring a knife that cuts but a needle that sews.

Proverbs and old sayings about fight

The whetstone in a village does no blunt the knife.

Proverbs and old sayings