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He asks advice in vain who will not follow it.

Proverbs and old sayings French about advice

It is in vain to lean the ox to the water if he is not thirsty.

Proverbs and old sayings French about water

It is in vain for a man to rise early who has the repute of lying in bed all the morning.

Proverbs and old sayings French about lie, man

Watching women is labour in vain.

Proverbs and old sayings German

All skill is in vain when an angel pees in the touchhole of your musket.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Man was born for love. if he hates, he was born in vain.

Proverbs and old sayings about love, man

If you can't find peace within you, you'll labor in vain to find it elsewhere.

Proverbs and old sayings about peace

He does not live in vain, who employs his wealth, his thought, his speech to advance the good of others.

Proverbs and old sayings about thinking, wealth, good, good luck

If women were not vain, men could teach them how to be.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about man

Without love everything is in vain.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about love

He gains much who loses a vain hope.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about hope

The dog that bites does not bark in vain.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about hope

It is vain to fish if the hook is not baited.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He has gained enough who gives up a vain hope.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about hope

It is in vain to lay a net in sight of the birds.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Because of their figure, vain women stay cold.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

He is consumed by a vain hope.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about hope

He argues in vain who argues without means.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Unless what we do is useful, glory is vain.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about glory