No matter how thoroughly a crow may wash, it remains ever black.
Proverbs and old sayings about magic
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A monkey remains a monkey, though dressed in silk.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
He who remains in the mill grinds, not he who goes to and fro.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
A wound heals but the scar remains.
Proverbs and old sayings
Beauty passes, but perfection remains with us.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about perfection, beauty
Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish
One who eats the remains of a meal without first obtaining permission.
Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about permission
Don't go selling the hide while the bear remains in the hole.
Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
Even if you close your eyes while looking in the mirror the image remains yours.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about eyes
If you knock your head against a wall, then a coconut tree and pillar and your head still remains undamaged my child, go and hide that head of yours; it is a good head.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, children, good, good luck
If you gently touch a nettle it'll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an' as soft as silk remains.
Proverbs and old sayings
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about question
One who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about question
If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is.
Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about wealth, money
Life is like perpetual drunkenness, the pleasure passes but the headache remains.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian about drunkenness, pleasure, life
The rich man breaks through the mesh and escapes, the afflicted man remains in the net and is caught.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wealth, man
The word that is heard perishes, but the letter that is written remains.
Proverbs and old sayings about word
Acts of kindness may soon be forgotten, but the memory of an offense remains.
Proverbs and old sayings about memory
There is nothing new under the sun -- and that's why there remains such a mess.
Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about sun, nothing
