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He would gar you trow that the mune's made o' green cheese.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

The deil made souters sailors that can neither steer nor row.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

If marriages are made in heaven, you twa hae few friends there.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

I ne'er lo'ed water in my shoon, and my wame's made o' better leather.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about water

A Presbyterian minister had a son who was made Archdeacon of Ossery; when this was told to his father, he said, 'If my son will be a knave, I am glad that he will be an archknave. '

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

A fortress is made of more than one stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

An unfullfilled vow is as if it had not been made.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

God made things straight, the devil came and twisted them.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about devil, things, god

Eyes that you have made cry, cry; so it's no wonder if they tear.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about miracle, eyes

The gallows is not made for the rich, but for the head of the peasant.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about peasantry, wealth, heads

God knows why he has made the wings of some birds shorter.

Proverbs and old sayings Slovenian about god

Anger is a short madeness.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about anger

Mirrors were not made for the blind.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about blind

God made us, and we admire ourselves.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about god

Prison and Lent were made for the poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The empty purse says she is made of leather.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Honey was not made for the mouth of the ass.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

You've made bed, and now you'll have to lie in it.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about lie

The wedding feast is not made with mushrooms only.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about marriage, feast

Men are just as God made them -- and a little worse.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man, god