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Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about change, magic

The devil always paints himself black, but we always see him rose-colored.

Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about magic, devil

For whom does the blind man's wife paint herself?

Proverbs and old sayings English about blind, wife, man

Don't paint the devil on the wall.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about devil

Don't paint the image of a demon on a wall.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish

He who cannot paint must grind the colours.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The devil is never so black as he is painted.

Proverbs and old sayings German about magic, devil

Blushing is the paint of good habits.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about habits, good, good luck

It is not good to paint the devil on the wall.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about devil, good, good luck

Apelles was not a master painter the first day.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about day

A wound foreseen paint the less.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Who paints me before blackens me behind.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He devil is not so ugly as he is painted.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about devil

He that paints a flower does not give it perfume.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about perfume, garden

Only lawyers and painters can turn white to black.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about magic

I shall paint you in your own colours.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

He who paints the flower cannot paint its fragrance.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about garden

Do not shoot a glass arrow into a painted deer.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

He/She is gaping like a calf at the painted gate.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

A good painter need not give a name to his picture, a bad one must.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about name, need, bad luck, bad, good, good luck