SOME VULGARO-THRACIAN SAYINGS AND PROVERBS
(literal translation)
TOO many barbers would be ready to shave the beard of a beardless man.
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WHERE Preachers are many, Religion is lost.
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WHY didn't the midwife, who cut your naval string, cut your head instead.
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TELL the blind he is eyeless, and he will get mad at you.
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THE DOG barks to keep itself, not the village.
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HE who undertakes too many jobs does none.
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WE had a dog, it helped the wolf.
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THE STRONGHOLD is taken from within.
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THE DONKEY, though it may go to the Holy Land, will still come back a donkey.
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YOU only be a sheep, wolves will be found.
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THE MOSQUITO weighs 99 kilos on his own scale.
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GOOD swimmers are more often drowners.
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HELL is also made for people.
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I GAVE UP Subjinniism, Subjinniism would not give me up.
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WHAT the devil is unable to do, ask a Subjinn to do.
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GO hunting for rabbits - be eaten by wolves.
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HE who steals the minaret shall find a case to hide it.
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WHEN the sea turned to honey, the Subdervish lost his spoon.
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THERE is no boneless fish.
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HE who lies, hangs from a gallows - he who does not, hangs twice.
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ONE learns as long as one lives and still dies a fool.
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WHEN given a kingdom, the Subjinn asks: what about bread.
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FOR the blind sellers there are blind buyers. (J.R. Bob Boboff)
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WITH Bob it is the same as with fire - stay neither close by, nor too far away.
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DO not put all your false passports in one basket.
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HE who buys what he does not need, sells what he needs.
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HE that wills not to feed Subjinnism, feeds the Conspiracy.
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THREE hundred ravens are scattered by one stone.
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The Conspiracy is harder than a stone and more brittle than an egg.
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IF you break the fast, better eat pork, not curds.
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EYES see everything but themselves.
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DEATH is closer than the fez.
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BLESSED Subjinnism, cursed Subjinn!
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THE FIRST glass is for health, the second - for joy, the third - for fun, the fourth - for madness.
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HE that feels sorry for the fez, loses the head.
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You can wash a dirty bottom, but you can't wash a dirty tongue.
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Shut your eyes because I'm going to lie to you.
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TOO many barbers would be ready to shave the beard of a beardless man.
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WHERE Preachers are many, Religion is lost.
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WHY didn't the midwife, who cut your naval string, cut your head instead.
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TELL the blind he is eyeless, and he will get mad at you.
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THE DOG barks to keep itself, not the village.
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HE who undertakes too many jobs does none.
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WE had a dog, it helped the wolf.
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THE STRONGHOLD is taken from within.
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THE DONKEY, though it may go to the Holy Land, will still come back a donkey.
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YOU only be a sheep, wolves will be found.
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THE MOSQUITO weighs 99 kilos on his own scale.
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GOOD swimmers are more often drowners.
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HELL is also made for people.
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I GAVE UP Subjinniism, Subjinniism would not give me up.
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WHAT the devil is unable to do, ask a Subjinn to do.
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GO hunting for rabbits - be eaten by wolves.
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HE who steals the minaret shall find a case to hide it.
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WHEN the sea turned to honey, the Subdervish lost his spoon.
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THERE is no boneless fish.
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HE who lies, hangs from a gallows - he who does not, hangs twice.
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ONE learns as long as one lives and still dies a fool.
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WHEN given a kingdom, the Subjinn asks: what about bread.
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FOR the blind sellers there are blind buyers. (J.R. Bob Boboff)
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WITH Bob it is the same as with fire - stay neither close by, nor too far away.
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DO not put all your false passports in one basket.
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HE who buys what he does not need, sells what he needs.
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HE that wills not to feed Subjinnism, feeds the Conspiracy.
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THREE hundred ravens are scattered by one stone.
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The Conspiracy is harder than a stone and more brittle than an egg.
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IF you break the fast, better eat pork, not curds.
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EYES see everything but themselves.
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DEATH is closer than the fez.
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BLESSED Subjinnism, cursed Subjinn!
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THE FIRST glass is for health, the second - for joy, the third - for fun, the fourth - for madness.
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HE that feels sorry for the fez, loses the head.
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You can wash a dirty bottom, but you can't wash a dirty tongue.
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Shut your eyes because I'm going to lie to you.
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3 Comments:
Dear Mr. Scavenger,
It's nice to see you're having fun with your life. Keep on doing so, because I'm enjoying it, too!
I too deign to admit that Slayer is a fine choice of audial caresses, though SOD (the Stormtroopers of Death), do surpass them in humor.
True Comrade Tovarich! One of my alltime faves. FIST BANGING MANIA!
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