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Smelling Proverbs

Sayings about Smells & Smelling The world is a rose; smell it and pass it on to your friends. ~ Iranian Proverb "That smells bad," said the cat about meat that it cannot reach. ~ Iranian Proverb The blind say that eyes have no sense of smell . ~ Nigerian Proverb A rose too often smelled loses its fragrance. ~ Spanish Proverb To change one's habits has a smell of death. ~ Portuguese Proverb No one loathes the smell of himself. ~ Greek Proverb Work and you will be strong; sit and you will smell . ~ Moroccan Proverb When they gave the donkey flowers to smell , he ate them. ~ Armenian Proverb Fish and guests smell in three days. ~ Traditional Proverb The flowers in your garden don't smell as sweet as those in the wild, but they last much longer. ~ Chinese Proverb Two smells of cooking meat break the hyena's legs. ~ Kikuyu Proverb He who smells does not know it himself. ~ Japanese Proverb Every cask smells of the wine it conta...

Garden Proverbs

Garden Proverbs & Sayings We have quite enough to do weeding our own garden . ~ Belgian Proverb A book is a garden carried in the pocket. ~ Arabian Proverb Many things grow in the garden that was never sown there. ~ Spanish Proverb Garden flowers larger, field flowers stronger. ~ Chinese Proverb The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~ German Proverb Love is a garden full of flowers and marriage is a field of stinging nettles. ~ Finnish Proverb The flowers in your garden don't smell as sweet as those in the wild, but they last much longer. ~ Chinese Proverb Teach your son in the front garden and your wife on the pillow. ~ Chinese Proverb Much more than you have sown will grow in your garden . ~ Croatian Proverb The sick man is the garden of the physicians. ~ Swahili Proverb The seed waits for its garden or ground where it will be sown. ~ South African Proverb The gardener who loves roses is slave to a thousand thorns. ~ Turkish Proverb ...

Flowers Proverbs

Sayings about Flowers Early flowers give no seed. ~ Spanish Proverb Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~ Traditional Proverb Around a flowering tree, there are many insects. ~ Guinean Proverb Butterflies come to pretty flowers . ~ Korean Proverb Fortune and flowers do not last forever. ~ Chinese Proverb Lovely flowers fade fast. ~ Swedish Proverb The most beautiful flowers flourish in the shade. ~ Japanese Proverb A good bee will not go to a drooping flower . ~ Romanian Proverb A person born to be a flower pot will not go beyond the porch. ~ Mexican Proverb Unspoken words are the flowers of silence. ~ Japanese Proverb A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~ Maltese Proverb The flowers in your garden don’t smell as sweet as those in the wild, but they last much longer. ~ Chinese Proverb There are three things that refresh the heart and reduce your grief water, flowers , and a beautiful woman. ~ Sanskrit Proverb We wi...