Search in folklore: position

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Sometimes the position does not make the man, but the man makes the position.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

He who is not happy with the position of the sun should climb and change it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about change, happiness, sun

Those in a high position can be seen from far away.

Proverbs and old sayings German

God has taken him to a high position.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about god

He refused to carry on in a leading position.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

The position in which we were before the war.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about war

From the miseries of others he fears for his own position.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

It is a wretched position to be dependent on others for support.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

What is an exalted position to a low fellow but a golden ring in a swine's snout?

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Roof tiles are positioned to face downwards so that husbands and wives can be left alone.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about face

A great position entails great responsibility.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Holiday of Saint Nicolae

Saint Nicolae is the spiritual patriarch in Holland, Russia, Greece, France and in a lot of cities from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Belgium. He is known as the protector of poor people, sailors, tradesmen,...

Traditions and superstitions Romanian

Those who master to climb trees with their teeth are in better position to tell which barks are bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about bitter

A family is like a thick forest, often from outside its dense, when your inside each tree has its own position.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about family

The family is like the forest: if you are outside, it is dense; if you are inside, you see that each tree has its own position.

Proverbs and old sayings about family, contentment

One finds little ingratitude so long as one is in a position to grant favors.

Proverbs and old sayings French about ingratitude

A person who underneath the tall palm tree is best positioned to tell on which side the ripe head is.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about heads, people

It is the essence of good taste to do that which is consistent with our position.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about good, good luck

As soon as the monkey has climbed a tree, it will start abusing from its elevated position.

Proverbs and old sayings

If your part of the battlefield is covered with thorns, you do not leave your position and go to stand where the ground is good.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck, contentment