Wood Proverbs - page 3

Who doesn't want a fire, should remove the wood. (Sicilian Proverb)
Every wood has its own smoke. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
If you call a piece of wood ‘child', you can never use it to light fire since it has become so precious. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
A termite grows up in dry wood, and yet comes to maturity. View proverb
South African Proverb
Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
Little wood, much fruit. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
A young wife, new bread, and green wood devastate a house. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
He who is afraid of the leaves must not go into the wood. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
Many enter the wood without an axe. View proverb
French Proverb
Better a bed of wood than a bier of gold. View proverb
Russian Proverb
However you feed the wolf, he still looks at the wood. (Russian Proverb)
When wood is chopped, woodchips will fly. View proverb
Russian Proverb
If envy would burn, there would be no need for wood. View proverb
Yugoslav Proverb
The wind helps those without an axe to cut wood. View proverb
Bamileke Proverb
One rind is enough to tie a thousand pieces of wood. View proverb
Amhara Proverb
A single log of wood does not burn even in an oven. View proverb
Kashmir Proverb
One piece of green wood is enough to stop the others from burning. View proverb
Bahaya Proverb
Yesterday is ashes; tomorrow wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly. View proverb
Eskimo Proverb
The clog and amida are both from the same piece of wood. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Don't build a new ship out of old wood. (Chinese Proverb)
Every kind of wood is grey when they are reduced to ashes. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight. View proverb
African Proverb
The wind helps those without an axe to cut wood. View proverb
African Proverb
One piece of green wood is enough to stop the others from burning. View proverb
African Proverb