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Better bend the neck than bruise the forehead.
English Proverb
A turtle is not proud of his long neck.
Malian Proverb
A turtle can only get on it by sticking its neck out.
Korean Proverb
False ambition serves the neck.
Egyptian Proverb
Put a rope around your neck and many will be happy to drag you along.
Egyptian Proverb
If you put a rope around your neck, many people will be glad to drag you by it.
Egyptian Proverb
If a man puts a cord around his neck, God will provide someone to pull it.
Moroccan Proverb
The hand of the child cannot reach the shelf, nor the hand of the adult get through the neck of the gourd.
Yoruba Proverb
To every child his own neck ornament.
Swahili Proverb
never let your tongue hit your neck.
Arabic Proverb
Neck or nothing.
German Proverb
A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig.
Irish Proverb
Many a white collar covers a dirty neck.
Irish Proverb
Tell your secret to your friend and he will set his foot on your neck.
Italian Proverb
Better a leg broken than the neck.
Dutch Proverb
He that has the devil on his neck must find him work.
Dutch Proverb
Move your neck according to the music.
Ethiopian Proverb
The neck cannot become the head.
Maasai Proverb
To him who puts a cord around his neck, God will supply someone to pull it.
Tuareg Proverb
A camel cannot see the crookedness of its neck.
African Proverb
Having little knowledge is like having your hands tied around your neck like a slave.
African Proverb
The gourd's neck cannot be straightened in it's old age, it can only be broken.
African Proverb
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