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Useless wisdom is doulbe foolishness.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about wisdom

Useless wisdom is double foolishness.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about wisdom

Useless protest, critic, or sarcasm.

Proverbs and old sayings about literary critic

A juicy bone is useless to a dog with no teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about beauty, woman

It's useless to tell a river to stop running; the best thing is to learn how to swim in the direction it's flowing.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about things

The aim is useless without the way.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Doing nothing and doing useless work are the same thing.

Proverbs and old sayings Basques about things, work, nothing

Faith and dishonesty are other words for uselessness.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about faith, word

Laws are useless when men are pure, unenforceable when men are corrupt.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about corruption, purity, man

A jade stone is useless before it is processed; a man is good-for-nothing until he is educated.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about nothing, good, good luck, man

If someone isn't handsome by nature, it's useless for them to wash over and over again.

Proverbs and old sayings about nature

It is useless to gape against an oven.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

If you can not find peace within yourself, it is useless to look elsewhere.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about peace, contentment

When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.

Proverbs and old sayings French about peace, man

It is useless to knock at the door of a deaf man.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about man

After three years useless things are useful too.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about things

He who buys useless things, later sells things that he needs.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about things

(It’s useless to attempt to) carry water in baskets.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

A useless pitcher does not get broken.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin