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Stand up, cent, let the dollar sit down.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Stand away from dwarfs, for it's God who hit them on the head.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about heads, god

Standing with the mouth full of teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Standing pools gather filth.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Stand up, farthing, let the florin sit down.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Stand away from a horse's heels.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Stand so much until grass grows under your foot.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

Standers-by see more than gamesters.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Stand by your own whether right or wrong.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about bad, rightness

Book stands by itself and experience stands by itself.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about experience

Wherever something stands, another thing stands beside it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about things

Whenever something stands, another thing stands besides it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about things

If we stand tall it is because we stand on the backs of those who came before us.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian

It is better to walk than to run; it is better to stand than to walk; it is better to sit than to stand; it is better to lie than to sit.

Proverbs and old sayings about lie

Among those who stand, do not sit; among those who sit, do not stand. Among those who laugh, do not weep; among those who weep, do not laugh.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about fall, old, olderness

United we stand, divided we fall.

Proverbs and old sayings British about fall

About laziness-it is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all.

Proverbs and old sayings Indian about laziness, lie, death

Look down if you would know how high you stand.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

Truth stands the test of time; lies are soon exposed.

Proverbs and old sayings about tests, truth, time