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Loaf Proverbs
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
Chinese Proverb
He who was born for a small loaf, will never own a big one.
Puerto Rican Proverb
A half loaf is better than no bread.
African Zulu Proverb
Do not yell "dinner” until your knife is in the loaf.
Canadian Proverb
The crust is part of the loaf.
Danish Proverb
Give a loaf, and beg a shive.
Portuguese Proverb
Do not steal a loaf from him that kneads and bakes.
Spanish Proverb
Go in God's name, for he takes a loaf of mine.
Spanish Proverb
Saying that it's for her child, she gets herself a loaf of bread.
Ethiopian Proverb
You never miss a slice from a cut loaf.
English Proverb
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
German Proverb
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Irish Proverb
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Spanish Proverb
Half a loaf is better than none.
Australian Proverb
Better half a loaf than none at all.
Danish Proverb
Stone to stone – palace, grain to grain – loaf of bread.
Slovenian Proverb
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Turkish Proverb
Grain by grain, a loaf; stone by stone, a castle.
Serbian Proverb