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Rest comes from unrest, and unrest from rest.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Restless feet may walk into a snake pit.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Rest is good after the work is done.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about work, good, good luck

Rest makes rusty.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Rest breeds rust.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about body, mind

To get may rest on luck, to keep may rest on virtue.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about virtue, bad luck, good luck

Success and rest don't sleep together.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about sleep

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing

No rest for the wicked

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

The world will not find rest by just saying peace.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about peace, world

We rest our legs, but never our mouths.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Say no from the start; you will have rest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A restless grasshopper eventually ends up in a birds teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about end

Even the mightiest eagle comes down to the treetops to rest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If a bird does not recognise a tree, it will not rest on it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The restless grasshopper only finds rest in the gizzard of a bird.

Proverbs and old sayings West African