Search in folklore: pulls

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He who pulls out a knife, by knife shall die.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

Justice oft leans to the side where the purse pulls.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about justice

One hair of a maiden's head pulls harder than ten yoke of oxen.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads

He pulls at a long rope who desires another's death.

Proverbs and old sayings French about death

He pulls the honeyed string before him or before his nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He pushes it away with the hand, but pulls it forward with the foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

The one who pulls a cart is urged on.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

One hair from the head of a woman pulls more than a ship's hauser.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, woman

Every who streches a skin on a drum, pulls the skin own his own side.

Proverbs and old sayings

The young magpie that pulls feathers out of his mother thinks that he is showing gratitude in that way.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about gratitude, mother

It isn't the whistle that pulls the train.

Proverbs and old sayings about trains