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Soup is not eaten as hot as it is cooked.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Soup must be hot -- insults cold.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about insults

A man who touches the bottom of a soup plate with a ball of foofoo is no longer searching for soup.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about searching, man

One spoon of soup in need has more value than a pot of soup when we have an abundance of food.

Proverbs and old sayings Angolan about value, food, need

Cheap meat never makes a good soup.

Proverbs and old sayings Azere about good, good luck

If a man makes soup of his tears, ask him not for broth.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, man

He who eats an egg foregoes a future meal of chicken soup.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about future

It is not the things in the soup that I am afraid of but perhaps the person I am eating with.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, things

It's not the aroma of the soup that tells you whether it's sweet or not, but it's the tongue's taste.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Until a crab finds itself in a very hot pot of soup, it will never understand that water can be both cold and hot.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about water

Words will not pollute the soup.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian about pollution

If it were ever to rain soup, the poor would only have forks.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian about rain

Of soup and love, the first is the best.

Proverbs and old sayings British about love

One bee makes no honey; one grain makes no rice soup.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A dream that lasts merely a millet soup's cooking time.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about dream, time

Don't let children or pups get accustomed to your soup bowl.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

The more eggs, the thicker the soup.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian

Of soup and love, the first is best.

Proverbs and old sayings English about love

One cannot make soup out of beauty.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about beauty

He who cooks the soup must eat it up himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian