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People say that time goes by; time says that the people go by.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about people, time

Night of the Saint Andrew

On the 30th of November, Romaian people is celebrating Saint Andrew, the spiritual patriarch of Romania.

The night before Saint Andrew's Eve is known as the night of the ghosts( strigoi), strigoi means in Romanian...

Traditions and superstitions Romanian

If you close your eyes because of the bad people around you, you will not see the good people passing by.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, eyes, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about numbers, smile, people, judges, beauty

It's better for people to wait for rice, than rice for people.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people

Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, sleep, old, olderness

If a rich man eats a snake, people call it wisdom; if a poor man does the same thing, people call it derangement.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about people, wisdom, things, wealth, man

Ask me what is the greatest thing in the world, I will reply: It is people, it is people, it is people.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, things, world

People are the thing: if i call 'gold, ' gold does not respond; if i call 'clothes, ' clothes do not respond; people are the thing.

Proverbs and old sayings about clothes, things, people

After the war is over, many brave people appear willing to fight.

Proverbs and old sayings Romanian about fight, war, people

People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.

Proverbs and old sayings French about people

When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

People who do not break things first will never learn to create anything.

Proverbs and old sayings Philippine about things, people

Bald people can always find a comb.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai about people

It is not a secret if it is known by three people.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about secret, people

People live in each other's shelter.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about people

Some people are masters of money, and some its slaves.

Proverbs and old sayings Chechen about money, people

Do good to people and you'll enslave their hearts.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, good, good luck

A coin in an empty barrel, makes a lot of noise. People with little substance talk a lot.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about people