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No needle is sharp at both ends.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about end

A needle is sharp only at one end.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about end

Jade and men, both are sharpened by bitter tools.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about tools, bitter, man

Man must be sharpened on man, like knife on stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger, but a heart as soft as tofu.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heart

When a blade has dulled, sharpen another.

Proverbs and old sayings

Young dogs have sharp teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The dearer the child, the sharper must be the rod.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about children

He must keep a sharp look-out who would speak the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about truth

Throw not thy hatchet at the Lord, He will turn the sharp edge against thee.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He is as sharp as a leaden dagger.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

It is ill jesting with sharp tools.

Proverbs and old sayings English about tools

Absence sharpens love; presence strengthens it.

Proverbs and old sayings English about love

The man who can sharpen hundred stakes between two meals, can take a wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about wife, man

Some of the sweetest berries grow among the sharpest thorns.

Proverbs and old sayings

What comes seldom, comes sharp.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The sweetest wine makes the sharpest vinegar.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wine

When God gives hard bread he gives sharp teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

Where God gives hard bread He also gives sharp teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

Even when a sharp sword rests on your neck, don't give up on mercy.

Proverbs and old sayings about mercy