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Lift a stone only to drop on your own feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A rising tide lifts all boats

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

The stone which cannot be lifted should be kissed.

Proverbs and old sayings

Many people together lift up the 'ndiri'.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

A louse cannot lift the eiderdown.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

When you lift your hand to strike, you are three-tenths lower than your opponent.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If you don't lift the skirt of a bride you don't know what she wears under it.

Proverbs and old sayings

Let lie what is too heavy to lift.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about lie

Who lifts a dog's tail is a dog himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian

See that your own hearth is swept before you lift your neighbor's ashes.

Proverbs and old sayings

Early to rise and late to bed, lifts again the debtor's head.

Proverbs and old sayings German about heads

However high you lift the kid goat, you place it gently on the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

One finger can't lift a pebble.

Proverbs and old sayings

Even a heavy burden is light if lifted by many.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about burden, light

Even a sheet of paper is lighter when two people lift it.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about people

Poverty won't allow him to lift up his head; dignity won't allow him to bow it down.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about dignity, poverty, heads

One finger cannot lift a pebble.

Proverbs and old sayings about americans

The shame you cannot lift away, you had better let lie.

Proverbs and old sayings about shame, lie