Six Proverbs

A man's servant can live for a hundred years; the slave of a woman dies in six months. (Persian Proverb)
It's like exchanging six for half a dozen. View proverb
Portuguese Proverb
The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he does not know how wide it is, he will jump, and six times out of ten he will make it. View proverb
Persian Proverb
When a girl is born it is like having six thieves invade the house. View proverb
Polish Proverb
If you would be rich in a year, you may be hanged in six months. View proverb
Italian Proverb
Sorrow for the death of a father lasts six months; sorrow for a mother, a year; sorrow for a wife, until another wife; sorrow for a son, forever. View proverb
Sanskrit Proverb
Six men give a doctor less to do than one woman. View proverb
Traditional Proverb
Fall six times, rise seven. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Fall six times, stand up seven. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Six feet of earth makes all men equal. (American Proverb)
A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends. View proverb
Arabic Proverb
Three, helping one another, bear the burden of six. View proverb
German Proverb
Folks say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices; of gentleman, else every boor would not want to be a squire; of whores, else married women and nuns would not carry on the trade; of Jews, else Christians would not practise usury. View proverb
German Proverb
Where six cooks are, there is nothing to eat. View proverb
Polish Proverb
Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool. View proverb
Italian Proverb
He who would be rich in a year gets hanged in six months. View proverb
Italian Proverb
Six feet of earth will make us all equal. View proverb
Italian Proverb
Six of one, and half a dozen of the other. View proverb
Italian Proverb
In a good word there are three winters' warmth; in one malicious word there is pain for six frosty months. View proverb
Mongolian Proverb
One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, and seven for a secret that must never be told. (Scottish Proverb)
The new moon of March rules for six months. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
To rise at six, eat at ten, sup at six, go to bed at ten, makes a man live years ten times ten. View proverb
French Proverb
He who wants to be rich in a year is hanged at six months' end. View proverb
French Proverb
Three men helping one another will do as much as six men singly. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
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