Oil Proverbs - page 2

If neither animal nor vegetable you be, then mineral you are. If one finger brought oil it soiled others. (Nigerian Proverb)
If you want bread go to Agrigento, if you want pasta go to Licata, ask for money from the people in Aci, oil and sumac from the Terminesi. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
Olives harvested with a heavy staff will produce poor tasting oil. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
Plain oil cures every pain. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
The choice oil is from the surface, the best wine is from the middle, and the best honey is from the bottom. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
A good name is better than oil. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
You cannot get oil out of a wall. View proverb
French Proverb
He who measures oil greases his hands. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
Oil and truth will get uppermost at last. View proverb
Latin Proverb
It is well to buy oil as well as salt. View proverb
Latin Proverb
Do not add oil to the fire. (English Proverb)
It's difficult to press oil out of a rock. View proverb
German Proverb
To pour oil into fire. View proverb
German Proverb
May Inana pour oil on my heart that aches. View proverb
Sumerian Proverb
Derive the oil of a wall. View proverb
French Proverb
Truth and oil always rise above. View proverb
Cypress Proverb
Upon a glad heart oil is poured out of which no one knows. View proverb
Babylonian Proverb
You should not add oil to the fire... Nëm këll a tűzre olajat önteni. View proverb
Hungarian Proverb
The truth rises to the surface like oil on water. View proverb
Slovak Proverb
Truth and oil, always come to the surface. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
It is well to buy oil as well as salt. [Different remedies should be at hand when required.]. (Latin Proverb)
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