Chimney Proverbs

The sooty oven mocks the black chimney. (Portuguese Proverb)
You cannot write in the chimney with charcoal. View proverb
Russian Proverb
When everybody's house is on fire go home and look at your own chimney. View proverb
Irish Proverb
I would rather see smoke from my own chimney than the fire on another's hearth. View proverb
Danish Proverb
May you have a bright future – as the chimney sweep said to his son. View proverb
Irish Proverb
We shall write it in soot in the chimney. View proverb
Hungarian Proverb
She who dances with the chimney sweeper will eventually end up black. View proverb
Icelandic Proverb
The promises of love and the smoke of a chimney, washed by water and blown away by the wind. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
When a miller fights with a chimney sweep, the miller gets black and the chimney sweep gets white. View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
When violence comes into the house, law and justice leave through the chimney. View proverb
Turkish Proverb
When bribery enters through the door, faith goes out through the chimney. (Turkish Proverb)
A sooty chimney costs many a beef-steak. View proverb
Spanish Proverb