46 Lithuanian Proverbs / Page 2
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Not all that glitters is gold; not all that is sticky is tar.22.
Offer the lazy an egg, and they'll want you to peel it for them.23.
Offer the lazy man an egg, and he'll want you to peel it for him.24.
One day teaches the other.25.
One day teaches the other.26.
Sleep on a bed of silver and dream of gold.27.
Smoke in your own country is purer than fire in a foreign land.28.
Smoke spreads further than the fire.29.
The beauty of a housewife will not put more fat into the soup.30.
The breath of others always stinks.31.
The calf isn't even born yet and there he is sharpening his carving knife.32.
The church is nearby, God is far away.33.
The older the goat the tighter the rope.34.
There is an herb for every kind of sickness but not for death.35.
There is no need to whip docile horses.36.
There is no worse devil than a farmer who wants to be a gentleman.37.
To a starving man bread is sweeter than honey.38.
To be without learning, is to be without eyes.39.
Who gives, has.40.
With the intellect of another you won't get very far.