Search in folklore: thirst

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When you are thirsty, it is too late to think about digging a well.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Although dying of thirst, i drink not the water of a stolen fountain.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about drinking, water

When you're dying of thirst it's too late to think about digging a well.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Even the fountains thirst.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

They who are thirsty drink in silence.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about silence, drinking

Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wine

Even the fountains thirst. [Avarice is never satisfied. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Hunger and thirst scarcely kill any, But gluttony and drink kill a great many.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about hunger, drinking

One who sits by the well will never go thirsty.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

Do not drink poison to quench a thirst.

Proverbs and old sayings about drinking

There is water in the jug, and we're going around thirsty.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about water

In a house where two daughters live, the cat dies of thirst.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about home, house

Do not spit in the well - you may be thirsty by and by.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far place.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about soul, good, good luck

They talk of my drinking but never my thirst.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about drinking

When the fever is gone, the thirst ends.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about end

Do you want to experience real thirst? Then try eating bitter cardoons and roasted fava beans.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about real estate, experience, bitter

Only water in your hands can satisfy your thirst.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

You notice what I drink, and not the thirst I feel.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about drinking

He who drinks water with one hand finds out his thirst is still there.

Proverbs and old sayings about water