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The mouse is silent while laboring, but when the baby is conceived, she cries.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

Beauty is silent eloquence.

Proverbs and old sayings French about beauty

I never saw a silent rich man.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wealth, man

A silent woman is a gift from God.

Proverbs and old sayings French about gifts, woman, god

The fool who is silent passes for wise.

Proverbs and old sayings French

It is a sorry house in which the cock is silent and the hen crows.

Proverbs and old sayings French about home, house

Waves will rise on silent water.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

Beware of a silent dog and still water.

Proverbs and old sayings German about water

Be silent, or say something better than silence.

Proverbs and old sayings German about silence

When silent men speak they speak to the purpose.

Proverbs and old sayings German about purpose, man

So long as the belly is silent all whores are virgins.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Who receives, should thank; who gives, should be silent.

Proverbs and old sayings German

When women increase in wealth, they are silent. But when they fall into trouble, the whole world gets to know.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about wealth, fall, world

Even if a fool remains silent, he is considered wise.

Proverbs and old sayings

To be silent is golden, to speak is silvern.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He keeps silent, like a deaf pig in the wheat-field.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Speak what needs to be said, or stay silenth.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

To get something one silently wishes for.

Proverbs and old sayings

A silent mouth is musical.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The silent mouth is golden.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish