Famous Proverbs
472 Proverbs about Rive / Page 17
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Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.162.
It is no good going to the river just wanting to catch a fish; you have to take a net as well.163.
Quiet rivers have flowery banks.164.
Though all rivers flow into it, the sea never overflows.165.
When you cease to strive to understand, then you will know without understanding.166.
Who arrives in the darkness departs as night falls.167.
No matter how full the river, it still wants to swell more.168.
Don't call the alligator "big-mouth" till you have crossed the river.169.
When the crocodile says that the river crossing is deep you must believe it.170.
You can make a mule cross the river but you cant make him drink the water.