201 Estonian Proverbs / Page 3
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One cannot make soup out of beauty.42.
One woman never praises another.43.
Patience makes all hardships light.44.
Respect bread because bread is older than we are.45.
Silence is sometimes the answer.46.
Smart is the one who goes along with time, stupid is the one who bears his fangs.47.
Smart who smiles, stupid who laughs.48.
Sometimes silence is the proper answer.49.
The cat who snoops around will feed his kitten.50.
The cork is always bigger than the mouth of the bottle.51.
The devil does not always wear boots -- he sometimes comes barefoot.52.
The fish who is in the weir will want out, who is outside will want inside the weir.53.
The law is three days older than the earth.54.
The man who can sharpen hundred stakes between two meals, can take a wife.55.
The mistakes of other people are good teachers.56.
The mistakes of others are good teachers.57.
The mouth is the interpreter for the heart.58.
The new boat will find the old stones.59.
The old man looks death in the eye, the young man keeps him behind his back.60.
The pipe is nearer than the wife.