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The crab that walks miles too far will fall into the pot.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian about fall

One's own spurs and another's horse make the miles short.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

An evil act runs a thousand miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about love

He who would go a hundred miles should consider ninety-nine as halfway.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Words have no wings but they can fly a thousand miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean

A dog by your side is better than a brother miles away.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

Words have no wings but they can fly many thousands of miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean

What is whispered in your ear is often heard a hundred miles off.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

What is told into a man's ear is often heard a hundred miles away.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

Though talking face to face, their hearts are a thousand miles apart.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about talking, face

What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

What is told into the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

Begin with an error of an inch and end by being a thousand miles off the mark.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about error, being, end

An aged steed confined to the stable still aspires after the glory of galloping a thousand miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about glory

Do something good and your neighbor will never know, do something bad and they will hear about it a hundred miles away.

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

Even though words have no wings, they can still fly a thousand miles. Even if you encounter a stone bridge, tap it first before crossing. Through old things, we learn new things.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about things, old, olderness