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Shoemaker stick to your last.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Shoemakers are always the worst shod.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Shoemakers go to mass and pray that sheep may die.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about pray

For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost

Proverbs and old sayings British about man, old, olderness

A nail secures the horse-shoe, the shoe the horse, the horse the man, the man the castle, and the castle the whole land.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man

For want of a nail the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe the horse is lost; for want of a horse the rider is lost.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Walk with your slippers until you can find your shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

One cannot shoe a running horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.

Proverbs and old sayings English

The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

If the shoe fits, wear it

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

The cobbler always wears the worst shoes

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

A sandal is not a shoe; a cap is not a turban.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Without investigating the water, don't take off your shoes.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about water

Try out your shoes on your feet -- gauge people against their misfortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about people

Before you buy shoes, measure your feet.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about measure, commerce

Only the person who wears the shoe feels it when it pitches.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

Old shoes wear best.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, old, olderness