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Running and buying don't go together -- running and selling do.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Running water can never jump over a hole in the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about water

Running is away is a shame, but it is useful.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about shame

Running water carries no poison.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about water

Running away makes you guilty.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

Running by one's will never gets tired.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Running away is not glorious, but often very healthy.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Running on the roof finishes at the edge.

Proverbs and old sayings

Clothes put on while running come off while running.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about clothes

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan

You can outrun what is running after you, but not what is running inside of you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

When you see a rat running in a fire then what it's running away from is hotter than fire.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fire, fire brigade

You can out run that which is running after you but not that that's running inside of you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you see an animal running in the early morning know that it is running away from something more scarily than the due.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A belt fastened while running will come undone while running.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

One cannot shoe a running horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A new servant can catch a running deer.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The turtle does not suffer when running.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about suffering

Do not follow a person who is running away.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people