Don't spend the evening in a house where you can't spend the night. A good name is better than good perfume. After the hyena has gone, the dog barks.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about perfume, name, night, good, good luck, home, house
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Rather a man without a cow for the summer than without a wife for Christmas night.
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about christmas, night, wife, man
He who marries for love has good nights and bad days.
Proverbs and old sayings French about day, bad luck, love, bad, good, good luck
The smile of a rose uplifts the nightingale.
Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about smile
He that marries for love has good nights, but sorry days.
Proverbs and old sayings German about day, love, good, good luck
Cheese is gold in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night.
Proverbs and old sayings German about night
Brandy is as lead in the morning, silver at noon, and gold at night.
Proverbs and old sayings German about night
A lonely old crow, see someone you know, Fly to your right, sure to be right, And if you are hawking, money before night.
Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about rightness, gypsies, night, money, old, olderness
There are seven different kind of weather in one autumn night.
Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about autumn, weather, night
Only the nightingale understands the rose.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian
Under the mountains is silver and gold, But under the night sky, hunger and cold.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about hunger, sky, night
The road to Heaven is well signposted, but it is badly lit at night.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about night
It is better to hear the nightingale sing than the mouse gnaw.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about vision, action, nightmare
Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about vision, action, nightmare
When your companions get drunk and fight, Take up your hat, and wish them good night.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about wish, fight, night, good, good luck
The owl sings to the nightingale.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
The magpie is competing with the nightingale!
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
Advice is a stranger; if he's welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about advice, night, day
Men have thought about their marriage a whole year long -- and it lasts but one night.
Proverbs and old sayings about thinking, marriage, night, man
