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A big nose never spoiled a handsome face.

Proverbs and old sayings French about face

Who blows his nose too hard makes it bleed.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Let him who feels he has a dirty nose wipe it.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Snivelling folks always want to wipe other folks' noses.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The devil leads him by the nose who the dice too often throws.

Proverbs and old sayings French about devil

It is better to leave the child's nose dirty than wring it off.

Proverbs and old sayings French about children

The one with a running nose always wants to blow someone else's.

Proverbs and old sayings French

When you put your nose into the water your cheeks get wet as well.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about water

Justice has a waxen nose.

Proverbs and old sayings German about justice

He sticks his nose in everything.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Not all flowers are fit for nosegays.

Proverbs and old sayings German about flowers

Never tickle the nose of a sleeping bear.

Proverbs and old sayings German

He who wipes the child's nose, means to kiss the mother's cheek.

Proverbs and old sayings German about kiss, children, mother

He who puts his nose in a turd does not know what he is smelling.

Proverbs and old sayings German

An unlucky man falls on straw, but splits his nose from a hidden stone.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

He crushes pepper under the nose of somebody.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He pulls the honeyed string before him or before his nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

The nose didn't smell the rotting head.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about heads

The baby is not yet born, and yet you say that his nose is like his grandfather's.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

An inch is a great deal on a nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish