The tree casts its shadow on everything, even upon the woodcutter.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about shadow
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When the tree is down every one runs to it with a hatchet to cut wood.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
When you take a knife away from a child, give him a piece of wood instead.
Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan about children
A bird which eats berries can be caught, but not a bird that eats wood.
Proverbs and old sayings
The ass that trespasses on a stranger's premises will leave them laden with wood.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
However much, good you feed the wolf, he still looks at the wood.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about good, good luck
When the partridge sings in the stone quarry bring the wood into the haystack.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
When one wolf eats another, thee is nothing to eat in the wood.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing
It is better to strive with a stubborn ass than to carry the wood on one's back.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
He will never worship well the image on the altar who knew it when it was a trunk of wood in the garden.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about garden
They put the blabbermouth in hell, and he shouted The wood is damp!
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about hell
There is no fish in well-water, there is no leaf on dry wood.
Proverbs and old sayings about salary, water
If a woman sees a stick for beating her rival, she will throw it away in the woods.
Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about woman
When we Indians kill meat, we eat it all up. When we dig roots, we make little holes. When we build houses, we make little holes. When we burn grass for grasshoppers, we don't ruin things. We shake down acorns and pine nuts. We don't chop down the...
Proverbs and old sayings American about use, things
Better to struggle with a sick jackass than carry the wood by yourself.
Proverbs and old sayings Zen about fight
