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If it is not one's shirt, one should not put it on.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

It is a lonely washing that has no man's shirt in it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about man

It is a lonesome washing without a man's shirt in it.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about man

Let not you shirt know your secret.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about secret

The shirt is nearer than the doublet.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Let not your shirt know all your thoughts.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

If my shirt knew my design, I'd burn it.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

The shirt is nearer than the coat.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Close sits my shirt, but closer my skin.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Thread off the world? shirt for naked.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about world

Habit is a shirt that we wear till death.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about habits, death

A thread from everyone will make a shirt for the needy.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

A soldier on furlough lets his shirt hang out of his trousers.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

The shirt is nearer than the frock.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Never show the truth naked -- just in its shirt.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about truth

A man's shirt does not change the color of his skin.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about change, man

Poverty is a shirt of fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about poverty, fire, fire brigade

Black souls wear white shirts.

Proverbs and old sayings Ukrainian about magic

Men will give away their last shirt to become millionaires.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

If everyone gives one thread, the poor man will have a shirt.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about man