The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A bird’s beak cannot break a stone. (Yoruban)
A drop hollows out a stone. (Russian)
A little stone may upset a large cart. (Danish)
A rolling stone gathers no moss. (Roman)
Constant dripping wears away stone. (Italian)
No stone without a tale to tell. (Roman)
Rolling stones often cross paths. (Mexican)
The drop hollows the stone, not by force but by constant dripping. (Roman)
The stone that everyone spits upon will be wet at the last. (Danish)
The stone the builders have rejected has become the cornerstone. (the Bible)
You are trying to get water from a stone. (Roman)
You cannot get blood from a stone. (English)
You may get something off a bone, but nothing off a stone. (Danish)
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