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The three most beautiful sights: a potato garden in bloom, a ship under sail, and a woman after the birth of a child.
Irish Proverb
If you are going to fight, pray once; if you are going to sail, pray twice; if you are getting married, then pray thrice.
Polish Proverb
Who knows not how to pray let him go sail the sea.
Italian Proverb
He that forecasts all perils will never sail the sea.
Romanian Proverb
Small boats sail, as well as ships.
Faroese Proverb
In fair weather, in calm waters and in peaceful travel, even a coachman knows how to sail.
Sicilian Proverb
Privateer, sail while you have a good wind.
Sicilian Proverb
Men must sail while the wind serveth.
Dutch Proverb
As the wind so the sail.
French Proverb
You sail in the same boat.
Latin Proverb
Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.
Latin Proverb
The wind will let us neither sail nor stay.
Latin Proverb
Don't sail out farther than you can row back.
Danish Proverb
It's not the towering sail, but the unseen wind that moves the ship.
Traditional Proverb
It's not the gale but the set of the sail that determines the way you go.
Albanian Proverb
While it is fine weather, mend your sail.
English Proverb
If you are a friend of the captain, you can wipe your hands on the sail.
Arabic Proverb
He that is embarked with the devil must sail with him.
Danish Proverb
Set your sail according to the wind.
French Proverb
You may judge a man by his countenance. You may judge of a man by his remarks. You may know a lion by his claw. You must howl with wolves if you wish to be one of their herd. You must rave with the insane, unless you would be left alone. You reap the crop of another. You reap what you sow. You sail in the same boat. You seek for fruit in the garden of Tantalus. You seek water from a stone. You seek wool from a donkey. You should eat plentifully of the flesh of the turtle or not at all. You should know a man seven years before you stir his fire. You should only believe half of what you see, and none of which you hear. You stick in the same mire. You talk to a deaf man. You talk to a wall. You teach the dolphin to swim. You teach the dolphin to swim.
Latin Proverb
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