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Everyone thinks his own spit tastes good.
Persian Proverb
If you spit in the face of a coward he'll tell you that it's raining.
Lebanese Proverb
Pride goes only as far as one can spit.
African Congo Proverb
Govern a country as you would roast a crocodile on a spit.
Madagascan Proverb
A man would not lick what he spit.
Azerbaijani Proverb
You cannot put a fire out with spit.
Armenian Proverb
He gives him roast meat and beats him with the spit.
Persian Proverb
A cat that licks the spit is not to be trusted with roast meat.
Italian Proverb
When you spit against the wind you get a dirty beard.
Romanian Proverb
Those sitting above can easily spit on those below.
Ukrainian Proverb
Do not spit into the well that you might need to drink out of.
Russian Proverb
Do not spit into the well you may have to drink of.
Russian Proverb
If you spit against the wind, you spit in your own face.
Yugoslav Proverb
Pride only goes the length one can spit.
African Congo Proverb
If you spit laying down it will only come back in your mouth.
Amharic Proverb
One who sees his friends roasted on a spit tells all he knows.
Norse Proverb
The spit aimed at the sky comes back to one.
Japanese Proverb
Don't spit into the wind.
English Proverb
It is difficult to spit honey out of a mouth full of gall.
Danish Proverb
Be not all sugar, or the world will swallow you up; be not all wormwood, or the world will spit you out.
Persian Proverb
I renounce the golden basin in which I have to spit blood.
Portuguese Proverb
Many scruple to spit in church, and afterwards defile the altar.
Italian Proverb
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