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God promises a safe landing, but not a calm passage.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about god, americans

If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how to expel it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about miracle

At the narrow passage there is no brother and no friend.

Proverbs and old sayings

He gets his passage for nothing and then winks at the captain's wife.

Proverbs and old sayings about wife, nothing

God promises a safe landing but not a smooth passage.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about god

When joy is in the parlour, sorrow is in the passage.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about joy, sadness

The worse the passage the more welcome the port.

Proverbs and old sayings English

At a dangerous passage yield precedence.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who is embarked with the devil must make the passage in his company.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about companies, devil

The winds may fell the massive oak, but bamboo, bent even to the ground, will spring upright after the passage of the storm.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about spring