Proverbs:

A braying ass eats little hay.
Italian
A dull ass near home needs no spur.
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A goaded ass must needs trot.
French
A living ass is better than a dead doctor.
Italian
A low ass is easy to ride on.
Turkish
A thistle is a fat salad for an ass’s mouth.
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All asses do not go on four feet.
German
All asses have not long ears.
German
An ass covered with gold is more respected than a good horse with a pack saddle.
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An ass does not hit himself twice against the same stone.
Dutch
An ass is but an ass though laden with gold.
*
An ass is cold even in the summer solstice.
*
An ass is the gravest beast, an owl the gravest bird.
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An ass let him be who brays at an ass.
*
An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of a castle.
*
An ass must be tied where the master will have him.
*
An ass’s tail will not make a sieve.
Italian
An ass that carries a load is better than a lion that devours men.
*
An ass that kicketh against the wall receiveth the blow himself.
*
An ass to an ass is a beauty.
Latin
An ass’s trot does not last long.
Italian
An ass with her colt goes straight to the mill.
Spanish
Asses carry the oats and horses eat them.
Dutch
Asses die and wolves bury them.
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Asses must not be tied up with horses.
French
Asses sing badly because they pitch their voices too high.
German
Asses that bray most eat least.
*
Better an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.
German
Better be killed by robbers than by the kick of asses.
Portuguese
Die not, mine ass, for the spring-time is coming and with it clover.
Turkish
Either the ass will die or he that goads it.
Spanish
Even an ass will not fall twice in the same quicksand.
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For a stubborn ass a hard goad.
French
For a stubborn ass a stubborn driver.
French
For an ass buffoon is the best teacher.
German
Give an ass oats and he runs after thistles.
Dutch
Good, good, but God keep my ass out of his rye.
Spanish
Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.
Latin
He that is good for something is the ass of the public.
Italian
Horses run after benefices and asses get them.
French
If any one say that one of thine ears is the ear of an ass regard it not; if he say so of them both procure thyself a bridle.
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If one, two, three say you are an ass put on a bridle.
Spanish
It is better to strive with a stubborn ass than to carry the wood on one’s back.
Spanish
Lay the burden on the slow-paced ass.
Latin
Make yourself an ass and every one will lay a sack on you.
German
Nothing passes between asses but kicks.
Italian
One ass among monkeys is grinned at by all.
Spanish
One ass nicknames another long-ears.
German
One ass scratches another.
Latin
One’s own ass is better than his neighbor’s stallion.
German
Out of a little grass comes a great ass.
German
Put not an embroidered crupper on an ass.
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Rather an ass that carries than a horse that throws.
Italian
She was a neat dame that washed the ass’s face.
*
The ass and his driver do not think alike.
German
The ass brays when he pleases.
*
The ass calls the cock big-headed.
Modern Greek
The ass carries corn to the mill and gets thistles.
German
The ass is not learned though he be loaded with books.
German
The ass knows well in whose face he brays.
Spanish
The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles.
German
The ass of many owners is eaten by wolves.
Spanish
The ass of a king is still but an ass.
German
The ass that brays most eats least.
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The ass that carrieth wine drinketh water.
*
The ass that is common property is always the worst saddled.
*
The ass that is hungry eats thistles.
Portuguese
The ass’s hide is used to the stick.
Spanish
The ass’s son brays one hour daily.
Portuguese
The braying of an ass does not reach heaven.
Italian
The golden ass passes everywhere.
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The golden covering does not make the ass a horse.
German
The mountaineer’s ass carries wine and drinks water.
French
The starving ass does not count the blows.
Modern Greek
There are more asses than carry sacks.
Italian
There goes more than one ass to market.
*
There is no ass but brays.
Turkish
When all men say you are an ass, it is time to bray.
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When the ass bears too light a load, he wants to lie down.
Russian
When the ass is too happy, he begins dancing on the ice.
Dutch
Wherever an ass falleth, there will he never fall again.
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Who is in great haste should not ride an ass.
German
Proverbs theme "Ass" in English
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