Search in folklore: lost

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Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.

Proverbs and old sayings about celebrity, stars, happiness, love

While trying to pull down something from the antique she lost what she had under her armpit.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about old

A cow does not know what her tail is worth until she has lost it.

Proverbs and old sayings French

To wash an ass's head is but loss of time and soap. (To reprove a fool is but lost labour. )

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads, time

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Remember that everyone you ever meet is sure to fear something, to love something, and to have lost something.

Proverbs and old sayings French about fear, love

The tall one wouldn't bend; the short one wouldn't stretch and the kiss was lost.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about kiss

If your son-in-law is good, you gained a son. if he is bad, you've lost a daughter.

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

Words of insults are futile, the more they fit, the more they are lost.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about insults

The ass does not know the worth of this tail till he has lost it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Possessions dwindle: I mourn their loss. But I mourn the loss of time much more, for anyone can save his purse, but none can win back lost time.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about time

A person who picks something and decides to make it his own, ought to think how he would feel if he was the person who lost the property he picked.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about people

The ass does not know the value of his tail till he has lost it.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about value

When a rich man's dog died, everyone commiserated. When a poor man lost his mother, no one noticed.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, mother, man

Confessions without contrition, and prayers without intentions are time lost.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about time

The old for want of ability, and the young for want of knowledge, let things be lost.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about ability, knowledge, things, old, olderness

Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would not move and without a pilot she would be lost.

Proverbs and old sayings about reason

Lesson: Don't lose your pen

1. Lost Your Pen = No Pen
2. No Pen = No Notes
3. No Notes = No Study
4. No Study = Fail
5. Fail = No Diploma
6. No Diploma = No Work
7. No Work = No Money
8. No Money = No Food
9. No Food = You Get Skinny
10. Skinny = Then You Get Ugly...

Proverbs and old sayings American about teaching, depression, marriage, food, children, work, money, death