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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Irishwomen have a dispensation from the pope to wear the thick ends of their legs downwards.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about end

Be the horse good or bad always wear your spurs.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bad luck, bad, good, good luck

He who goes not into battle cannot wear a crown.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

No one perceives where the shoe pinches but he who wears it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Who does not wish to be like the wolf let him not wear its skin.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wish

To wear two pairs of straw sandals at once.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Never watch a bonfire wearing a straw coat.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

The go-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Instead of worrying, a strong man wears a smile.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about smile, man

If a man be great, even his dog will wear a proud look.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about proudness, man

A man who always wears his best kimono has no Sunday clothes.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about clothes, man

When you are polite, the others think they are wearing flowers.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about flowers

He who wears a smile instead of worrying is always the strongest.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about smile

Be the day weary or be the day long, at last it ringeth to evensong.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about day

Try this bracelet: if it fits you wear it; but if it hurts you, throw it away no matter how shiny.

Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan

Don't trust a man wearing a better suit than your own.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

A biting cur wears a torn skin.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Constant dropping wears away a stone.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Constant dripping wears away the rock.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about rocks