Crooked wood is straightened with fire.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about fire, fire brigade
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The animal hide can best be straightened and smoothened when still fresh.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
The gourd's neck cannot be straightened in it's old age, it can only be broken.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about olderness, age, old
The Hump is straightened only by the grave.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian
Crooked iron may be straightened with a hammer.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
A young branch can be straightened, a mature one breaks.
Proverbs and old sayings
A crooked log is not to be straightened.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
Tree that grows crooked will never be straightened - bad habits learned early in life are hard to get rid of later.
Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about habits, life, bad luck, bad
A tree that has grown bent for thirty years cannot be straightened in one year.
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