Search in folklore: longs

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The Devil too longs for Heaven!

Proverbs and old sayings about devil

A lizard longs to sit down but its tail doesn't let it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

He who longs too much for a child will marry a pregnant woman.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, woman

Whoever keeps his door locked all the time longs for it to be broken down.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time

Much always longs for more.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

Many a one leaves the roast who afterwards longs for the smoke of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about smoke

Man longs to see that which he is afraid to see.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about man

Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Let him speak soft words and offer wealth who longs for a woman's love.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, woman, love

Who has not had a taste longs to do so, but for whom has tasted then the longing is a hundred times more.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about longing

The fox loves cunning, the wolf covets the lamb, and a woman longs for praise.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about praise, woman