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My enemy's liver is the sheath of my sword.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about enemies

It is because of man we wear swords.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

A gold sword opens an iron door.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

You cannot forge a good sword from bad iron.

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

There isn't a sword that would cut off a golden hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

A sword's honour is its idleness.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about honour

A wound given by a word is many times harder to cure than that which is given by the sword.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about word

The world can be conquered with words, but not with drawn swords.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about world

You can conquer the whole world with words, but not with drawn swords.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about world

It fares ill with the house when the distaff commands the sword.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home, house

It fares ill with the house where the spinning-wheel commands the sword.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house