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Who more than he is worth doth spend, he makes a rope his life to end.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about end, life

Sometimes the rope is too short, sometimes the well is too deep.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

A camel can tolerate a heavy load, but not a crooked rope.

Proverbs and old sayings

A girl draws more than a rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

With a staircase before you, you look for a rope to go down by.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

A rope parts where it is thinnest.

Proverbs and old sayings

Constant rubbing of a rope will cut a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings

Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.

Proverbs and old sayings about thieves

If he gives you a rope, tie him with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Tunisian

Time is longer than a rope.

Proverbs and old sayings about time

A person once bitten by a snake will be scared by an old rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about people, old, olderness

You don't give someone a goat for a gift and still hold on to the rope.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about gifts

Once bitten by a snake you feel suspicious even when you see a piece of rope.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

When the head of a snake is cut off, the rest of his body is an ordinary rope.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about body, heads

When you chop off a snake's head all you are left with is a piece of rope.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads

Once bitten by a snake, he is scared all his life at the mere sight of a rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life

Once bitten by a snake, one is scared all his life at the mere sight of a rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life

He who is anxious for the death of another has a long rope to pull.

Proverbs and old sayings French about death

He, who more than he is worth doth spend, E'en makes a rope, his life to end.

Proverbs and old sayings French about end, life

An adder with its poisonous fangs taken out is nothing more than a piece of rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about nothing