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The shortcut to food but the long way to work.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about food, work

The longest road out is the shortest road home.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about home

The longest way around is the shortest way home.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about home

A lover's anger is short-lived.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about anger

A short tail won't keep off flies.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

God gives a curst one short horns.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about god

A mischievous dog must be tied short.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The scent of every flower is short lived.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about garden

The longest way round is the shortest way home.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about home

Good company on the road is the shortest of short cuts.

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

One's own spurs and another's horse make the miles short.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Lent, which seems so long, is short at other men's tables.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

When the lion's skin falls short, piece it out with that of the fox.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Who wishes for a short Lent let him contract debts to be paid at Easter.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

If the hours are long enough and the pay is short enough, someone will say it's women's work.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about work

Them short fe singer when dem put peacock in a choir.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican

A short temper is a disadvantage.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Great deeds come from times of shortage.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about deeds

Even when months and days are long, life is short.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about day, life

A man loves his own shortcomings.

Proverbs and old sayings about man