Search in folklore: reading

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Reading books removes sorrows from the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about books, heart

Reading Scripture in front of a donkey.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about meditation, man, americans

A day of reading is a day of gain; a day without reading is ten days of loss.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day

Heaven on earth is to be found on horseback, reading books and between a woman's breasts.

Proverbs and old sayings about books, earth, woman

After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day

Of runes they spoke, and the reading of runes was little withheld from their lips.

Proverbs and old sayings

Don't sign a paper without reading it, or drink water without seeing it.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about drinking, water

Neither sign a paper without reading it, nor drink water without seeing it.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about drinking, water

Drink nothing without seeing it Sign nothing without reading it.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about nothing, drinking

Drink nothing with out seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing, drinking