Search in folklore: whisper

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Never whisper to the deaf, or wink at the blind.

Proverbs and old sayings Slovenian about blind

The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings Arab

A whisper has more meaning than a noisy talk.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

It's only the ant that hears the whispers of the sand.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The goat does not get fat just by whispering.

Proverbs and old sayings

The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further off than the roar of a lion.

Proverbs and old sayings

Goodness shouts. Evil whispers.

Proverbs and old sayings

Pay attention to the whispers, so we won't have to listen to the screams.

Proverbs and old sayings Cherokee about attention

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about word, bad luck, bad

What is whispered in your ear is often heard a hundred miles off.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He who whispers, lies.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about salary, fall

Many a thing whispered into one ear is heard over the whole town.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about city, things

Fire dies for lack of wood; if there's no whispering, gossip stops.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

If its not gossip, then why are you whispering it?

Proverbs and old sayings

The whisperer's tongue is worse than serpent's venom.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Seek not ever to draw to thyself in love-whispering another's wife.

Proverbs and old sayings about wife, love

The fall of the leaf; is a whisper to the living.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about salary, fall

Where there's whispering, there's lying.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about lie

What is whispered in your ear tell not to your husband.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about husband