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Seek not ever to draw to thyself in love-whispering another's wife.

Proverbs and old sayings about wife, love

Seek truth in meditation, not in moldy books. Look in the sky to find the moon, not in the pond.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about meditation, books, moon, sky, truth

Seek the brave in prison and the stupid among the clergy.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Seek your sauce where you get your Ale.

Proverbs and old sayings

Seek goodness and expect evil.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Seek advice but use your own common sense.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about common sense, sense, advice, use

People seek out big shots as flies seek out the elephant's tail.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

What the superior man seeks in himself, the small man seeks in others.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

A person does not seek luck; luck seeks the person.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about bad luck, good luck, people

A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about bad luck, good luck, man

He that seeks trouble never misses.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man, wealth

The ass went seeking for horns and lost his ears.

Proverbs and old sayings

The seeker is the finder.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

During a storm you seek shelter under a tree and not the clouds.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Don't seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt you may he break his neck.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

He who seeks equality should go to ---.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about equality, americans

Men seek less to be instructed than applauded.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about man, americans

The dry reed does not seek the company of fire.

Proverbs and old sayings about companies, fire, fire brigade

To seek a woman to the belly.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman