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The dragon teaches you that if you want to climb high you have to do it against the wind.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life, man, day

Give one fish and he's fed for only a day. Teach one how to fish and he'll be free from hunger all his life.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about hunger, life, day

Honour the old, teach the young.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about honour, old, olderness

He who gives to me teaches me to give.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about old, olderness

Necessity teaches the naked woman to spin.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about woman

It is not for the swan to teach eaglets to sing.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The hen is ill off when the egg teaches her how to cackle.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Though you teach a wolf the paternoster, he will say Lamb! Lamb!

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

You can't teach an old dog how to gnaw a bone.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

There is no way to teach a machine wisdom after folly.

Proverbs and old sayings about wisdom

No man is so young he cannot teach, or so old he cannot learn.

Proverbs and old sayings about man, old, olderness

To do nothing teaches evil.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about nothing

Falling teaches us to walk safely.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

To do nothing teacheth to do evil.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about nothing

It is hard to teach old dogs to bark.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

The belly teaches all arts.

Proverbs and old sayings English about art

You can't teach grandma to suck eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings English