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25 Proverbs about Knees



1. Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.. Swedish Proverb. Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.
Swedish Proverb

2. If his legs fail him, he fights on his knees.. Chinese Proverb. If his legs fail him, he fights on his knees.
Chinese Proverb

3. Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.. Portuguese Proverb. Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.
Portuguese Proverb

4. The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of America and fell on their knees; then they fell upon the aborigines.. American Proverb. The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of America and fell on their knees; then they fell upon the aborigines.
American Proverb

5. Prepare yourself for when the water comes up to your knees.. Congolese Proverb. Prepare yourself for when the water comes up to your knees.
Congolese Proverb

6. The ant shall never crawl on its knees.. Arabic Proverb. The ant shall never crawl on its knees.
Arabic Proverb

7. All the water in the sea doesn't even reach the knees of the man who fears not death.. Indian Proverb. All the water in the sea doesn't even reach the knees of the man who fears not death.
Indian Proverb

8. If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.. Indian Proverb. If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.
Indian Proverb

9. What reaches the mother's heart will only reach the father's knees.. Polish Proverb. What reaches the mother's heart will only reach the father's knees.
Polish Proverb

10. For a drunkard the sea only reaches his knees.. Russian proverb. For a drunkard the sea only reaches his knees.
Russian Proverb

11. An upstanding peasant is bigger than a nobleman on his knees.. Swedish Proverb. An upstanding peasant is bigger than a nobleman on his knees.
Swedish Proverb

12. Better to die upright than to live on your knees.. Yiddish proverb. Better to die upright than to live on your knees.
Yiddish Proverb

13. It is only the toad that gets up from its knees and falls back again on its knees.. Nigerian Proverb. It is only the toad that gets up from its knees and falls back again on its knees.
Nigerian Proverb

14. Crawling on hands and knees has never prevented anyone from walking upright.. Kenyan Proverb. Crawling on hands and knees has never prevented anyone from walking upright.
Kenyan Proverb

15. Get down on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet.. Irish Proverb. Get down on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet.
Irish Proverb

16. Better to die on our feet than live on our knees.. Klingon Proverb. Better to die on our feet than live on our knees.
Klingon Proverb

17. A farmer on his knees is higher than a gentleman on his legs.. American Proverb. A farmer on his knees is higher than a gentleman on his legs.
American Proverb

18. Consult anyone, even your knees.. Japanese Proverb. Consult anyone, even your knees.
Japanese Proverb

19. Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.. Mexican Proverb. Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Mexican Proverb

20. If a baby crawls up to me and pinches me, I will get on my knees and pinch him back.. Igbo Proverb. If a baby crawls up to me and pinches me, I will get on my knees and pinch him back.
Igbo Proverb

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