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When sleeping women wake, mountains move.

Proverbs and old sayings Tahitian

Push the stone to the top of the mountain.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai

A single hair hides the mountain in the distance.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai

Try and trust will move mountains.

Proverbs and old sayings

One night with an ugly woman and one day in the mountains both are like an eternity.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about eternity, night, woman, day

A rich man will get his carriage over the mountains, a poor man will lose his way on a level plain.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about wealth, man

The mountain makes the horse suffer, anger makes oneself suffer.

Proverbs and old sayings about suffering, anger

Without seeing the mountain, do not tuck up your skirt, without seeing the water, do not take off your boots.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

Even if a mountain is high, there is always a way to reach the top -- and although the way might be full of danger, there is always a way for someone to get through it.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about danger

It is better to look from the mountain than from the dungeon.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian