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Trying Proverbs
By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.
Cameroon Proverb
By trying repeatedly, the monkey learns how to jump from the tree.
Cameroon Proverb
In trying to straighten the horns you kill the ox.
Japanese Proverb
It's no good trying to bite your navel.
Japanese Proverb
When a lion runs and looks back, its not that he is afraid, rather he is trying to see the distance he has covered.
African Proverb
Like someone trying to capture water in his fist.
Arabic Proverb
Anyone who lives will know trying times.
Corsican Proverb
Keeping a woman to her word is like trying to hold an eel by its tail.
Spanish Proverb
By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.
Kiganda Proverb
Like trying to put a comb upon the nun's head.
Japanese Proverb
You're wasting your time trying to interest the old in new endeavors.
Sicilian Proverb
If you can't do the deed, don't block another from trying.
Sinhala Proverb
While trying to pull down something from the antique she lost what she had under her armpit.
Ethiopian Proverb
A person is trying to benefit from being close to opposing parties.
Persian Proverb
To control the mind is like trying to control a drunken monkey that has been bitten by a scorpion.
Hindi Proverb