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Cleanliness Proverbs

Sayings about Cleanliness A woman who likes to wash will find water. ~ Luxembourg Proverb If each person would sweep before his own house, the city would soon be clean .~ Polish Proverb Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty . ~ Sicilian Proverb If you try to cleanse others -- just like soap, you will waste away in the process! ~ Malagasy Proverb Happiness spring – cleans the heart. ~ Japanese Proverb A new broom sweeps clean , but an old broom knows the corners. ~ Virgin Islander Proverb The world is our house. Keep it clean . ~ Chinese Proverb The poor are excused from washing with soap. ~ Sudanese Proverb If you have escaped the jaws of the crocodile while bathing in the river, you will surely meet a leopard on the way. ~ African Proverb It is at home, not in public, that one washes his dirty linen. ~ French Proverb Two is good, one alone cannot wash his back. ~ African Proverb He who does not regularly put on clean socks will ...

Hands Proverbs

Sayings about Hands God gave us hands but He doesn't build bridges with them. ~ German Proverb Empty hands only please their owner. ~ Ugandan Proverb If the eyes didn't see, the hands wouldn't take. ~ Yiddish Proverb The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~ Kurdish Proverb The eye sees, but the hand can't reach. ~ Palestinian Proverb A thief has more than two hands . ~ Chinese Proverb Put your hand in your conscience and see if it does not come out as black as pitch. ~ Dutch Proverb You must judge a man by the work of his hands . ~ African Proverb There is no hand to catch time. ~ Indian Proverb Who takes the child by the hand , takes the mother by the heart. ~ Danish Proverb Where a man feels pain he lays his hand . ~ Dutch Proverb If it were not for the hands , the clock would be useless. ~ Polish Proverb Long tongue -- short hands . ~ Czech Proverb Golden hands , but a wicked mouth. ~ Russian Proverb The hand suffers ...