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He that gets forgets, but he that wants thinks on't.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

He that has a muckle nose thinks ilk ane speaks o't.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

The one who has a fever thinks that honey is bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about bitter

Everyone thinks of his own gain, and plays in this way to deceive his companion.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

She who loves an ugly man thinks him handsome.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man

The horse thinks one thing, and his rider another.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about things

Where all limp, everybody thinks he walks straight.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish

In spring no one thinks of the snow that fell last year.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about spring

When a neighbor gets divorced everyone thinks of his own wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Swiss about wife

He who has had enough to eat thinks of serving God; the hungry think of stealing.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about thieves, god

He who did not help building the minaret, thinks that it just grew out from the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about help

He who has not traveled thinks that his mother is the best cook in the world.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about world, mother

The person who has not traveled widely thinks his or her mother is the best cook.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about mother, people

A frog living at the bottom of the well thinks that the sky is as small as a cooking pot lid.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about sky

If one soldier knew what the other thinks, there would be no war.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about war

What a man thinks up for himself, his worst enemy couldn't wish for him.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wish, enemies, man

If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about money, people, god

A fool who knows he is a fool has a little intelligence, but a fool that thinks he is intelligent is really a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings about intelligence