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Those who know how to swim are the ones who sink.
Madagascan Proverb
When the steersmen are many the ship will sink.
Welsh Proverb
A genuine ruby wont sink and disappear in mud.
Myanmar Proverb
It is the fate of the coconut husk to float, for the stone to sink.
Malawi Proverb
Water can float a boat or sink it.
Darkovan Proverb
As soon as stones can swim, leaves will sink.
Japanese Proverb
Loose lips sink ships.
American Proverb
He that swims in sin will sink in sorrow.
American Proverb
Walls sink and dunghills rise.
Portuguese Proverb
After the ship has sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved.
Italian Proverb
I wish that he would sink as deep in the ground as a hare can run in ten years.
Dutch Proverb
Little leaks sink the ship.
Dutch Proverb
He would sink a ship freighted with crucifixes.
French Proverb
Two captains will sink the ship.
Turkish Proverb
Either you sink or you swim.
Spanish Proverb
When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float.
Zen Proverb
Smash the pots and sink the boats.
Chinese Proverb
Loose lips sink ships.
English Proverb
Many grains of sand will sink a ship.
Danish Proverb
A little leak will sink a great ship.
Portuguese Proverb
Sow not money on the sea, lest it sink.
Dutch Proverb
He said: "Woe!" and the boat sank with him. He said: "Alas!" and the rudder broke. The young man said: "Ah god!" and the boat reached its destination.
Sumerian Proverb
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