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Life is short; but it barely takes a second to smile.

Proverbs and old sayings Cuban about smile, life

A lie has short legs.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about lie

Long tongue -- short hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech

A short rest is always good.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about good, good luck

Art is long and life is short.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about art, magic, life

A child's sorrow is short-lived.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sadness, children

A short cut is often a wrong cut.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad

A cursed cur should be short tied.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Life at court is often a short cut to hell.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about hell, life

Better make a short circuit than to wet your hose.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A borrowed horse and your own spurs make short miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The road to heaven is equally short, where'er we die.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Give your wife the short knife, and keep the long one for yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wife

A little dog, a cow without horns, and a short man, are generally proud.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about proudness, man

Hired horses make short miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Good company makes short miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about companies, good, good luck

An inch too short is as bad as a yard.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about garden, bad luck, bad

An inch too short is as bad as an ell.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bad luck, bad

'Tis well that wicked cows have short horns.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A hired horse and one's own spurs make short miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch