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Young angel, old devil.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, old, olderness

Young saint, old devil.

Proverbs and old sayings German about saints, devil, old, olderness

Young gambler, old beggar.

Proverbs and old sayings German about old, olderness

Young drinkers, old beggars.

Proverbs and old sayings German about old, olderness

Young gamblers, old beggars.

Proverbs and old sayings German about old, olderness

Young soldiers, old beggars.

Proverbs and old sayings German about old, olderness

Young men may die, but old men must die.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man, old, olderness

Young wood makes a hot fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about fire, fire brigade

Young ducks may be auld geese.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Young folk may die, but auld folk maun die.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Young people talk of what they are doing; old people of what they have done; and fools of what they have a mind to do.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, mind, old, olderness

Young bamboo trees are easy to bend.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

An elder uses old eyes to see and so the young use young eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about eyes, use, old, olderness

Every old man was once a young man but not every young man will become an old man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man, old, olderness

A young man married is a young man marred.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

Be old when young, if you would be young when old.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about old, olderness

The young cock said to the young chicken: the whole world is like our home.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about home, world

They who would be young when they are old must be old when they are young.

Proverbs and old sayings English about old, olderness

The graveyards are full of young lawyers, lost inheritance and young doctors.

Proverbs and old sayings French

You cannot be young and old at the same time.

Proverbs and old sayings British about time, old, olderness