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Sugarcane is always sweet people only sometimes so.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

Sugared words generally prove bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about bitter

The sweetness of a kola nut doesn't lie in its sugar content.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about lie

One who carries a pot of honey doesn't envy the sugarcane farmer.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about envy

Put cream and sugar on a fly and it tastes very much like a black raspberry.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about magic, americans

Good qualities never cancel out the bad, just as sugar is no antidote for poison.

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

Boys and sugar-cane grow up as enemies.

Proverbs and old sayings about enemies

A mother-in-law made of sugar, still tastes bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings about bitter, law, mother

You can't expect both ends of a sugar cane to be as sweet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about end

One sprinkles the most sugar where the tart is burned.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Wherever you find sugar, you'll find ants.

Proverbs and old sayings

Mirth is the sugar of life.

Proverbs and old sayings German about life

Even sugar itself may spoil a good dish.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck

Stolen sugar is the sweetest.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

What good is giving sugar to the dead?

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about good, good luck

If you can't give any sugar then speak sweetly.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

If there is bitterness in the heart, sugar in the mouth won't make life sweeter.

Proverbs and old sayings about life, heart

Truth is like sugar cane; even if you chew it for a long time, it is still sweet.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about truth, time

Ants die in sugar.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

Where there is sugar, there are mice.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan