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A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

He that washes an ass's head loses both his lye and his labour.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about heads

Hands wash each other.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

If not by washing, then by rolling.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

There is nothing so crouse, as a new washen louse.

Proverbs and old sayings about nothing

I have mair ado than a dish to wash.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Ye may take the head for the washing.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

No matter how thoroughly a crow may wash, it remains ever black.

Proverbs and old sayings about magic

Repentance washes away sin.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sin

When the cat washes its face, you know it's going to rain.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about rain, face

If you want to die quickly, wash your head and go to sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sleep, heads

A stone that gathers no moss will be washed away by the river.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

The promises of love and the smoke of a chimney, washed by water and blown away by the wind.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about smoke, water, love

Even though chickens don't wash, their eggs are still white.

Proverbs and old sayings

Let what is on this side of the bank be washed out by the flood, and what is on that side of the bank be carried away by the wind.

Proverbs and old sayings about bankers

The spot will come out in the washing.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

It is a loss of soap to wash the ass's head.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about heads

If you want to be dead, wash your head and go to bed.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about heads

The poor are excused from washing with soap.

Proverbs and old sayings

The corpse-washer is washed.

Proverbs and old sayings