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A burnt child dreads the fire.
English Proverb
Burn your enemies caravan and you burn you future.
Gypsy Proverb
They that burn you for a witch lose all their coals.
Gypsy Proverb
You can burn down a house, but can you hide the smoke?
Kiganda Proverb
If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.
Mauritania Proverb
He who has no spoon will burn his hands.
Mauritania Proverb
A distant fire does not burn.
Swahili Proverb
Never burn a penny candle looking for a halfpenny.
Irish Proverb
Never burn your fingers to snuff another man's candle.
Irish Proverb
One spark is enough to burn a hundred worlds.
Persian Proverb
One person can burn water, while another can't even burn oil.
Hindi Proverb
When a king is about to lose his power his orders burn more intensely than fire.
Tibetan Proverb
Old love and wood will burn as soon as they get the chance.
South American Proverb
Where two women rule a hearth-fire, the thatch may burn with the sparks flying.
Darkovan Proverb
How can you be burnt by chilies which you have not eaten?.
Swahili Proverb
Those who sacrifice their conscience to ambition burn a painting to obtain ashes.
Chinese Proverb
Just because you are irritated by a mosquito, you burn the mosquito curtain.
Malay Proverb
The wood is burnt, but the ashes are a nuisance.
Afghan Proverb
Heed the troubadour, burn the dinner.
Afghan Proverb
A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
African Proverb
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away.
English Proverb
Fire will burn itself out if it did not find anything to burn.
Arabic Proverb
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