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If everything that came from your tongue were to come into your hands, then every beggar would be a pasha.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

A man dies but his tongue does not rot.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

The tongue of co-wives is bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about bitter

Polygamy makes a husband a double-tongued man.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about husband, man

He who licks knives will soon cut his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings Ukrainian

The human tongue is more poisonous than a bee's sting.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about human imperfections

He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about heads

The foolish has a wagging tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh

Let not your tongue cut your throat.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh

To have a clear tongue is better than having goods which you can't manage well.

Proverbs and old sayings Yemenite

The entire world rests on the tip of the tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about world

May God protect you from goyishe hands and yiddishe tongues.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about god

The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about man

He is not honest who has burned his tongue and does not tell the company the soup is hot.

Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about companies

Silence is the best answer to the stupid. The fool has his answer on the tip of his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about silence, americans

He who chews two bones at the same time will surely bite his tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about time

A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about word

It's not the aroma of the soup that tells you whether it's sweet or not, but it's the tongue's taste.

Proverbs and old sayings West African