Search in folklore: refuse

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He who refuses a gift will not fill his barn.

Proverbs and old sayings about gifts

A dog which refuses a bone is not alive.

Proverbs and old sayings

The wrong-headed fool who refuses counsel, will come to grief.

Proverbs and old sayings about sadness, moral, bad

Don't refuse a wing to the one who gave you the chicken.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Who digs the well should not be refused water.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

Things refuse to be mismanaged long.

Proverbs and old sayings about things

He who asks for alms blushes once; he who refuses, twice.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

Even if a baby seems unpleasant to look at, his mother never refuses him.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

When a stiff-necked bull stands with its four legs planted firmly and refuses to move, you cannot make it go ahead only by pulling it by the reins and using your whip.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

He who asks more of a friend than he can bestow deserves to be refused.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

A wife's advice is not worth much, but woe to the husband who refuses to take it.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about husband, advice, wife