Search in folklore: mills

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Mills and wives are ever wanting.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Mills an wifes is aye wantin.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind finely.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about god

As mills require two stones, so friendship requires two heads.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about heads, friendship

A good millstone does not meet a good miller.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck

God's mills mill slowly, but surely.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about god

The millstone that lies undermost also helps to grind.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A millstone gathers no moss.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Water is the strongest drink; it drives mills.

Proverbs and old sayings German about drinking, water

The mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

They grind in two mills.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He is ground between two millstones.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

The mills of God grind slowly, but surely.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about god

The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind finely.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The mills of god grind slowly, yet they grind exceedingly small.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about god

Like a millstone dressed in a kimono.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Passed waters can't move the mills.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

If everyone were a gentleman, who would make the mills work?

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about work