Ye cannot make a silk purse of a sows lug.
Proverbs and old sayings
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Whoever sows on hard ground, needs good wishes and luck.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about good luck, bad luck, good
Whoever sows alongside the road, tires the oxen and wastes seed.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Whoever sows within the vineyard, neither reaps a crop nor harvests grapes.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
He who sows well, reaps well.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
He who sows brambles reaps thorns.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Nobody sows a thing that will not sell.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about commerce, things
He who sows brambles must not go barefoot.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
The brain, that sows not corn, plants thistles.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about brain
In the garden more grows, than the gardener sows.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about garden
He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about friendship, love
He who sows disorderly fashion will eat likewise.
Proverbs and old sayings about fashion
Who sows wind will reap a storm.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish
One who sows wind will reap hurricane.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish
He that speaks, sows; he that hears, reaps.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish
Who sows wheat with the devil will get its chaff.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about devil
What is the difference between a farmer and a seamstress?
One gathers what he 'sows', the other 'sews' what she gathers.
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