Search in folklore: pious

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Loving your country is pious.

Proverbs and old sayings about saints, country

Whores and thieves are always very pious.

Proverbs and old sayings French about saints, thieves

When David grew old he sang pious psalms.

Proverbs and old sayings German about saints, old, olderness

The most disorderly students make the most pious preachers.

Proverbs and old sayings German about students, saints

The worst behaved students turn out to be the most pious preachers.

Proverbs and old sayings German about students, saints

If the patient dies, the doctor has killed him, but if he gets well, the saints have saved him.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about saints

Saints fly only in the eyes of their disciples.

Proverbs and old sayings about saints, eyes

Any new saint-to-be has his miracles to make.

Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about miracle, saints

At home saints never perform miracles.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian about miracle, saints, home

The saint is suspicious of too many sacrifices.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian about saints

The absent saint gets no candle.

Proverbs and old sayings British about absent, saints

Dancing at the carnival, baptizing on All Saints Day.

Proverbs and old sayings about saints, day

The weather worsens on Saint Bartholomew's Day.

Proverbs and old sayings about weather, saints, day

Little saints also perform miracles.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about miracle, saints

Let a saint be ever so humble, he will have his wax taper.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about saints

The way of this world is to praise dead saints and persecute living ones.

Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about saints, praise, world

When God will not, the saints cannot.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about saints, god

All are not saints that go to church.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about saints

Follow the saint no further than his doorstep.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about saints