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Soldiers don't cry.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Soldiers must be well paid, and well hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Old soldiers never die, (they simply/just fade away). From a soldiers' folklore song, the phrase was most notably used by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) in his farewell address to the Congress.

Proverbs and old sayings British about folklore, old, olderness

If a soldier doesn't have ambitions to become a general is not a good soldier.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about good, good luck

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about old, olderness

Politeness is not sold in the bazaar.

Proverbs and old sayings Azere about politeness

Anyone who has sold an old lady, knows the price of an old man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about old, olderness, man

It is a fool whose own tomatoes are sold to him.

Proverbs and old sayings

If fools went not to market bad wares would not be sold.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about bad luck, bad, americans

Matches may be made in heaven, but they are sold down here.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

He sold his vinyard and bought a squeezer.

Proverbs and old sayings

Cooked food is not sold for goats.

Proverbs and old sayings about food

When the cow has been sold with firmness you may relax for a while and go for a better one.

Proverbs and old sayings British

The best soldiers are not warlike.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Fuel is not sold in a forest, nor fish on a lake.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Don't waste good iron for nails or good men for soldiers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about good, good luck, man

Easy to enroll a thousand soldiers. But, ah, one general!.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

It is easy to get a thousand soldiers, but difficult to get one general.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Locks can not be made from good iron, soldiers are not made out of good people.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about good, good luck, people

What the soldier said isn't evidence.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch