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Be patient with a bad neighbor: he may move or face misfortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about bad luck, face, bad

Be patient with a bad neighbor. Maybe he'll leave or a disaster will take him out.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about disaster, bad luck, bad

Doctors make the worst patients.

Proverbs and old sayings English

While the doctors consult, the patient dies.

Proverbs and old sayings English

He who treats himself has a fool for a patient.

Proverbs and old sayings English

The patient one always wins.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Paper is patient.

Proverbs and old sayings German

If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, strike hard.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Dear physic always does good, if not to the patient, at least to the apothecary.

Proverbs and old sayings German about good, good luck

The patient thief is as a tree whose root runs deep as he waits for the sweet fruit..

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, thieves

Three need to be guarded: a patient, a groom, and a bride.

Proverbs and old sayings about need

An old patient is better than a new doctor.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about old, olderness

Beware of the anger of a patient man.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about anger, man

Every patient is a doctor after his cure.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

It is no time to go for the doctor when the patient is dead.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about time

One who waits patiently will catch a big fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, be strong.

Proverbs and old sayings

To the patient man will come all the riches of the world.

Proverbs and old sayings Liberian about wealth, world, man

A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about food

Better a patient man than a warrior, one who controls his temper than one who takes a city.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about city, man