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Constant dripping wears away the rock.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about rocks

Dropping water makes the rock hollow, not by its force, but by constant action.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about rocks, action, force, police, water

An egg does not fight a rock.

Proverbs and old sayings about rocks, fight

Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about rocks, praise

You can't squeeze blood from a rock.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about rocks, blood

Caught between a rock and a hard place.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about rocks

Soft water on hard rock, beats so much that it perforates it.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about rocks, water

I have another tow on my rock.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about rocks

He that winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about rocks

It's as true as Biglam's cat crew, and the cock rock'd the cradle.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about rocks

A rock offered by a friend is like an apple.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about rocks

Love is the rock of youth and the shoal of old age.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about rocks, olderness, youth, age, love, old

When you have touched a woman, you have struck a rock.

Proverbs and old sayings about rocks, woman

He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

Proverbs and old sayings about rocks

The bird that pecks at a rock trusts in the strength of its beak.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about rocks

It is a thief that can trace the footsteps of another thief on a rock.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about thieves, rocks

Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about rocks, man