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What sweetens goat mout does burn e bottom.
Bajan Proverb
Adjoining houses always burn.
Bantu Proverb
Yesterday is ashes; tomorrow wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly.
Eskimo Proverb
If my shirt knew my design, I'd burn it.
Japanese Proverb
Watch the fire burn on the other side of the river.
Chinese Proverb
Better do a kindness near home than go far to burn incense.
Chinese Proverb
As long as time is not pressing one does not burn incense; when it becomes urgent one kisses the feet of Buddha.
Chinese Proverb
Better be kind at home than burn incense in a far place.
Chinese Proverb
A bad habit is like fire you can't play with it and expect not to get burnt.
African Proverb
Fire that is surrounded by elders cannot burn you.
African Proverb
Don't give a dog a bad name in order to have an excuse to burn it.
African Proverb
It is sometimes best to burn your bridges behind you.
American Proverb
A burnt child dreads the fire.
American Proverb
Better a little fire to warm us than a big one to burn us.
American Proverb
Don't burn the candle at both ends.
American Proverb
Burn not your house to scare away the mice.
English Proverb
If there were no tears, our ribs would burn.
Arabic Proverb
It is as bad to spit out the fire and be shamed, as it is to swallow it and be burnt.
Danish Proverb
He who has many irons in the fire, will let some of them burn.
Danish Proverb
Let him who would reach another a brand, beware that he do not burn his own hand.
Danish Proverb
It is too late to throw water on the cinders when the house is burnt down.
Danish Proverb
One log does not burn long by itself.
German Proverb
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