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Softly, softly, catchee monkey

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about old, olderness

Soft fire makes sweet malt.

Proverbs and old sayings British about fire, fire brigade

Soft and fair goeth far.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Soft words scald not the tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Soft words don't scotch the tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Soft words butter no turnips.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Soft words butter no parsnips, but they won't harden the heart of the cabbage either.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about heart

Softly, don't raise a dust.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Softly, barber, the water scalds.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about water

Soft speeches injure not the mouth of the speaker.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Soft water on hard rock, beats so much that it perforates it.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about rocks, water

Soft water constantly striking the hard stone, wears it at last.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about water

Soft pace goes far.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Soft and fair goes far.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Soft words win hard hearts.

Proverbs and old sayings

Go softly, come softly, so that the cat does not gore you.

Proverbs and old sayings

Hard things alone will not make a wall. [Some soft substance must unite them: and so with hard men--to fraternize they require some soft influence from others. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about influence, things, man

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.

Proverbs and old sayings French about conscience

A clear conscience is a soft pillow.

Proverbs and old sayings German about conscience