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Let the shoemaker remain at his last.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Better shoeless than bookless.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

Pissing in your shoes won't keep your feet warm for long.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

A buckle is a great addition to an old shoe.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness

Money makes the horse gallop whether he has shoes or not.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about money

It's no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about use

If you don't want flour on your shoes, don't go into the mill.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The shoemaker's wife and the blacksmith's horse often go unshod.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wife

There is no use in carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about use

The same shoe does not fit every foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

No one perceives where the shoe pinches but he who wears it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

There never was a shoe however handsome that did not become an ugly slipper.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The prettiest of shoes makes a sorry hat.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Don't scratch your shoe when it's your foot that itches.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about man

Anxious about the shoe, but disregarding the foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

When they came to shoe the horse of the sultan, along comes the beetle and sticks out her foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese

Everyone knows where his own shoe pinches him.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

The shoemaker's shoes have no heels.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about man