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Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil.
English Proverb
When all things spoke the potato said, ‘set me warm, dig me warm, eat me warm, that's all i want.'
Irish Proverb
To set fire to the wood, you need the help of the wind.
Tibetan Proverb
Without a woman's help, a man cannot set up a tent.
Tibetan Proverb
A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.
Jewish Proverb
Don't set the attic on fire just because you didn't catch any mice.
Vietnamese Proverb
You set the trap when the rat has gone.
Rwandan Proverb
May the sun set on where my love dwells.
Bolivian Proverb
You cannot hide the smoke of the hut you set on fire.
Burundi Proverb
I have no set principles; I make adaptability to all circumstances my principle.
Japanese Proverb
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
Ghana Proverb
How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water.
Chinese Proverb
Don't set sail on someone else's star.
African Proverb
Set a frog on a golden stool, away it hops to reach the pool.
American Proverb
Don't value a gem by what it is set in.
American Proverb
Set a thief to catch a thief.
English Proverb
Set out wisely at first; custom will make every virtue more easy and pleasant to you than any vice can be.
English Proverb
Let your anger set with the sun and not rise again.
Irish Proverb
Tell your secret to your friend and he will set his foot on your neck.
Italian Proverb
The sun is still beautiful, though ready to set.
Italian Proverb
The more you stroke the cat's back the more set sets up her tail.
Italian Proverb
As soon as he set her down she said that she was tired.
Croatian Proverb
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