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Stop, look and listen.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Stop and smell the roses.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Stop up the hole until it's small.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Stop talking. Drink.

Proverbs and old sayings about talking, drinking

You can stop speaking to someone, but you cannot stop being related.

Proverbs and old sayings about being, contentment

To die is to stop living but to stop living is something entirely different than dying.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about death

You cannot stop birds from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, contentment

You can stop a bird from flying over you, but you can't stop it building a nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about contentment

The hunter in pursuit of an elephant does not stop to throw stones at birds.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about hunters

If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end.

Proverbs and old sayings about end, time, contentment

Don't stop a donkey that isn't yours.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

When the bait is more than the fish, 'tis time to stop fishing.

Proverbs and old sayings about fishing, time, americans

Going slowly doesn't stop one arriving.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Two men in a burning house must not stop to argue.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, man

One piece of green wood is enough to stop the others from burning.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Tears will not stop flowing for someone who is crying for himself.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears

The noise produced by frogs in the well can't stop an elephant from drinking.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about drinking

The hunter who is tracking an elephant does not stop to throw stones at birds.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about hunters

You cannot stop planting cereals just because birds are going to feast on them.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about feast, contentment

Removing a peace of yam from the pot of yam doesn't stop the rest from cooking.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rest, peace