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There is no such thing as a pretty good omelet.

Proverbs and old sayings French about things, good, good luck

There is no such thing as a pretty good omelette.

Proverbs and old sayings French about things, good, good luck

Wherever there is a pretty spot, the devil plants a monastery or a lord.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil

A bandicoot is lovely to his parents; a mule is pretty to its mate.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about parents

The she-bear thinks her cubs pretty.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Thank you, pretty pussy, was the death of my cat.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about death

Butterflies come to pretty flowers.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about flowers

The crow is a pretty bird when the jackdaw is not present.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about present

Roosters' tail feathers: pretty but always behind.

Proverbs and old sayings

Long and lazy, little and loud; fat and fulsome, pretty and proud.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about proudness

Good fortune wears a pretty dress but its underclothes do not bear investigation.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about wealth, good, good luck

The man who has plenty of means of existence, conducts himself pretty much as he himself wishes.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about existence, man

One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about woman

In the eyes of a lover a pock-marked face is one with pretty dimples.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about eyes, face

A lady has to be of the right cut and the right measure to make a pretty figure.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about rightness, measure