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Blind men should not judge of colours.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (English)
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Blood boils without fire.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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Blood cannot be washed out with blood.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Afghan)
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Blood is thick than water.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Afghan)
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Blood will have blood.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Afghan)
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Blood will tell.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Afghan)
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Bloom where you are planted.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Afghan)
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Blossoms are not fruits.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Blow first, and sip afterwards.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Blow, smith, and you'll get money.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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Blows are not given upon conditions.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Blue are the hills that are far away.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Boil not the pap before the child is born.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Boil stones in butter, and you may sip the broth.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Bold in design, but timid in execution.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Bold resolution is the favourite of providence.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Boldly ventured is half won.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin, German)
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Boldness in business is the first, second, and third thing.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin, German)
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Bolt a door with a boiled carrot!
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin, German)
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Bones snatched from the mouth of a hungry dog.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Borderers are either thieves or murderers.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Borrowed garments never sit well.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Borrowing brings care.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Borrowing does well only once.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Borrows must not be choosers.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Both are the better for their mutual friendship.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Both legs in the stocks or only one, 'tis all the same.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Bought wisdom is best.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Bought wit is best.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Boys avoid the bees that stung 'em.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Boys will be boys.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (American)
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Brackish water is sweet in a drought.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is better.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Brag's a good dog, but Holdfast's a better.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Branches may be trained; not the trunk.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Brave men lived before Agamemnon.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Bread in one hand, a stone in the other.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Bread is better than the song of birds.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Break one link and the whole chain falls apart.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Brevity is pleasing.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Brevity is the soul of wit.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Bribes will enter without knocking.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Bright enough in the dark, dull in time of day. [Learned in what
is of no use, ignorant of everything at all available.]
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Bring not a bagpipe to a man in trouble.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Bring up a raven, and he will peck out your eyes.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French, German)
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Broad thongs may be cut from other men's leather.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Broken friendship may be soldered but can never be made sound.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Portuguese)
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Build but one nest in one tree.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Build golden bridges for the flying foe.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Building castles in the air.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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