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Heaven on earth is to be found on horseback, reading books and between a woman's breasts.

Proverbs and old sayings about books, earth, woman

Conversation is like making love; the man is the question, the woman the answer, and the union of both will bear fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings about union, conversation, question, woman, love, man

There are three things that refresh the heart and reduce your grief water, flowers, and a beautiful woman.

Proverbs and old sayings about sadness, flowers, things, heart, woman, water

He who longs too much for a child will marry a pregnant woman.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, woman

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, house, woman

The beauty of the man is in his intelligence and the intelligence of the woman is in her beauty.

Proverbs and old sayings Bolivian about intelligence, beauty, woman, man

A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, woman, man

Good behavior is a virtue for the man -- bad behavior is the virtue of a woman.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about virtue, woman, bad luck, bad, good, good luck, man

The fangs of the green snake and the sting of a wasp don't really make poison -- that is only to be found in a woman's heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about heart, woman

Wait for a month before you praise a horse, and for a year before you praise a woman.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about praise, woman

A good surgeon must have a hawk's eye, a lion's heart and a woman's hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about heart, woman, good, good luck

A hundred men can make an encampment, but it requires a woman to make a home.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about home, woman, man

Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor Hell a fury like a woman scorned.

Proverbs and old sayings English about hell, woman, love

One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about woman

It is easier to guard against a bushel of fleas than a woman.

Proverbs and old sayings German about woman

Wherever there is mischief, there is sure to be a priest and a woman in it.

Proverbs and old sayings German about woman

A stupidly devout man, the slyly evil, and the sanctimonious woman - these will destroy the world.

Proverbs and old sayings about destruction, world, woman, man

There are three things that attract: a house for its inhabitants, a woman for her spouse, and a bargain for a customer.

Proverbs and old sayings about things, home, house, woman

If only the wind would turn before I go home, said the woman rowing against the wind.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about home, woman

To give jewels to a donkey is as stupid as giving a eunuch to a woman.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about woman