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The water runs while the miller sleeps.
Danish Proverb
When the measure is full, it runs over.
German Proverb
When a man is down, everybody runs over him.
German Proverb
When the wine runs to waste in the cellar, he mends the cask.
German Proverb
While two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it.
Italian Proverb
Though the fox runs, the pullets have wings.
Italian Proverb
He that runs fast will not run long.
Italian Proverb
Poverty runs after the poor, wealth after the rich.
Jewish Proverb
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
Romanian Proverb
Peace is the well from which the stream of joy runs.
Scottish Proverb
As long runs the Fox as he hath feet.
Scottish Proverb
He who runs from the white ant may stumble upon the stinging ant.
Nigerian Proverb
The lame man runs if he has to.
Norwegian Proverb
The pursued runs on four feet, the pursuer on two.
Sicilian Proverb
Who runs more, lacks walking.
Sicilian Proverb
Water runs a whole mile downstream easier than an inch upstream.
Finnish Proverb
He who runs away from the fire, falls in the water.
Yiddish Proverb
When the tree falls everyone runs to cut the branches.
Dutch Proverb
No mad dog runs seven years.
Dutch Proverb
He that holds the handle of a frying-pan runs the risk of burning himself.
French Proverb
Riches run after the rich, and poverty runs after the poor.
French Proverb
When the tree is down everybody runs to the branches.
French Proverb
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