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The fly had life even before the dog had its wounds.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about life

You have to heal the wound before it ignores the medicine.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about medicine

As the wound inflames the finger, so thought inflames the mind.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about thinking, mind

A wound given by a word is many times harder to cure than that which is given by the sword.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about word

The wound that bleedeth inwardly is the most dangerous.

Proverbs and old sayings

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Proverbs and old sayings about kiss, enemies

No hero without a wound.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about heroism

Despise not a small wound or a poor kinsman.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The wound caused by a sword can eventually be healed; the hurt resulted from vicious remarks can never be undone.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Envy shoots as others and wounds herself.

Proverbs and old sayings about envy

Kind words heal friendship's wounds.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about friendship

The curse on the hearth wounds the deepest.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

When the wound is healed the pain is forgotten.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about pain

If you cannot heal the wound, do not tear it open.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Reconciled friendship is like a badly healed wound.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about friendship

A wound never heals so well that the scar cannot be seen.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Despise not a small wound, a poor kinsman, or an humble enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about enemies

Tender surgeons make foul wounds.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Gentle doctors cause smelly wounds.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A person with a wound on his head keeps touching it.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about heads, people