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Thousands of men were murdered because of their beautiful wives.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about man

Thousands drink themselves to death before one dies of thirst.

Proverbs and old sayings German about drinking, death

Words have no wings but they can fly many thousands of miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean

The turtle lays thousands of eggs without anyone knowing, but when the hen lays an egg, the whole country is informed.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about country

Although there exist many thousands of subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, conversation, talking

Who errs in the tens errs in the thousands.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A destroyer can defeat thousands of earthenware makers.

Proverbs and old sayings Yemenite about defeat

It is not right to ask a man with elephantiasis of the scrotum to take on small pox as well, when thousands of other people have not had even their share of small diseases.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rightness, people, man

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day, wealth