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Mallet strikes chisel; chisel splits wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

It is good to strike the serpent's head with your enemy's hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about enemies, heads, good, good luck

When you lift your hand to strike, you are three-tenths lower than your opponent.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A curse turns around and strikes the one who uttered it in the face.

Proverbs and old sayings about face

God cometh with leaden feet, but striketh with iron hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about god

Many men are like clocks that show one hour and strike another.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

A curse will not strike out an eye, unless the fist go with it.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He who strikes another on the neck, does not strike far from the head.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads

Lightning never strikes the same place twice.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Who strikes his father or mother his hand will grow out of the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about mother

A happy man does not hear the clock strike.

Proverbs and old sayings German about happiness, man

Thoughts are like arrows: once released, they strike their mark. guard them well or one day you may be your own victim.

Proverbs and old sayings about victims, day

The sky's stone does not strike the nettle.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about sky

Never strike your wife, not even with a flower.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about garden, wife

You cannot strike a face that is smiling.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about face

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

If you strike a goad with your fist, your hand will suffer most.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about suffering

Do not correct with a strike that which can be taught with a kiss.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about kiss

Once the cattle have been split up, then the tiger strikes.

Proverbs and old sayings