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The ceiling won't stay when the room is no longer there.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The kola nut stays longer in the mouths of those who value it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about value

You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Better stay with the devil you know than an angel you don't know.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about devil

You can stay a thousand miles away from home and still see inside.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home

A good man never stays in the grave forever, he always has chance to come back.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about chance, good, good luck, man

No matter how long a stick may stay in a river, it will never change into fish.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about change

No matter how long a fallen tree stays in the river it can never be a crocodile.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Life is like a boat you move on when you paddle and stay in the same place if not.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about life

Business goes where it is invited and stays where it is well treated.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about affair, americans

So long as the pot is boiling, friendship will stay warm.

Proverbs and old sayings about friendship

The needle dresses people but stays naked itself.

Proverbs and old sayings Basques about people

We will stay longer dead than poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Bengali

He that stays in the valley, shall never get over the hill.

Proverbs and old sayings British

If you want to annoy the devil stay silent.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about devil

With a king it is the same as with fire - stay neither close by, nor too far away.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about fire, fire brigade

Words that come from the heart stay warm three winters long.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heart

He who travels a lot becomes wise; he who is wise stays home.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home

The scent of a rose will always stay on the hand of the giver.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If you stay long enough in one place the whole world passes you by.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about world