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By the hands of many a great work is made light.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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By the living we bury the dead.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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By the street of "By-and-By" one arrives at the house of "Never."
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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By the thread we unwind the skein.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have
dispersed.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Ghanaian)
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By the yard, life is hard. By the inch, it's a cinch.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (American)
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By their marks the bales are known.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Cameroonian)
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By what servant is his master better loved than by his dog?
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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By working in the smithy one becomes a smith.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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By writing we learn to write.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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By writing you learn to write.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Bygone troubles are good to tell.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Yiddish)
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Ca' me, ca' thee.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Yiddish)
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Cabbage for cabbage.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (French)
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Call a woman a harlot and you make her one.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Darkovan)
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Call me not fortunate till you see me buried.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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Call me not olive before you see me gathered.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian, Spanish)
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Call no man happy till he dies.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian, Spanish)
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Call not a surgeon before you are wounded.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian, Spanish)
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Call not the devil, he will come fast enough unbidden.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Indian)
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Call someone your lord and he'll sell you in the slave market.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Arabic)
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Call the bear "Uncle" till you are safe across the bridge.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Turkish)
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Call your husband cuckold in jest, an he'll never suspect you.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Turkish)
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Calling the devil is not the same as seeing him come.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Puerto Rican)
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Calumniate strongly and some of it will stick.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Can a burst dam be mended with toothpicks?
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Darkovan)
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Can a mill go with the water that's past?
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Darkovan)
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Can a mouse fall in love with a cat?
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Darkovan)
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Can the monkey know the taste of ginger?
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Hindu)
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Can't tell his ass from a hole in the ground.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Hindu)
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Cancer--schmancer!--as long as you're healthy.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Yiddish)
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Candlemas day, put beans in the clay; put candles and
candlesticks away.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Yiddish)
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Candour breeds hatred.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Cap in hand never did any harm.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Italian)
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Care brings on grey hairs, and age without years.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Care killed the cat.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (German)
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Care, and not fine stables, make a good horse.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Danish)
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Careless rat chewing on a cat's tail: beware lightning!
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Chinese)
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Caress your dog, and he'll spoil your clothes.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Dutch)
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Carry bread in your hood to Don Garcia's wedding.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Spanish)
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Carthage must be destroyed! [Our greatest enemy must be
subdued.]
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Carve the peg by looking at the hole.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Korean)
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Cast no dirt into the well that gives you water.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Korean)
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Cast not pearls to swine.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Korean)
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Catch not at the shadow, and lose the substance.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Korean)
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Catch the opportunity.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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Catching's before hanging.
Topic: Proverbs
Source: (Latin)
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