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Fair flowers are not left standing along the wayside long.

Proverbs and old sayings German about flowers

He who stands godfather to a wolf should have a dog under his cloak.

Proverbs and old sayings German

It is easier to milk a cow that stands still.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies

An empty sack cannot stand up.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian

An empty sack doesn't stand up.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian

Sitting while you eat makes you large; standing while you eat makes you strong.

Proverbs and old sayings

He stands the mud.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

The world stands to those who have eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about eyes, world

He stands there like a donkey on the hill.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Let those perish, leave who are not up to the standard.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Proverbs and old sayings

It?s better to stand on your own feet than someone else? s.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

If you get lost in an Icelandic forest, simply stand up and you will find your way.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

The lizard would like to stand erect, but his tail will not permit him.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo

Never stand in front of a judge or behind a donkey.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about judges

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 Amerindian about lie, death

Truth stands when everything else falls.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about truth

A good retreat is better than a bad stand.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

It is hard for an empty bag to stand itself alone.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

He that stands may fall.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fall