Our parents planted so we ate, and we plant for our children to eat.Proverbs and old sayings about parents, children
He left us and we rejoiced; then an even more unbearable person came.Proverbs and old sayings about people
Be sure to have a controversial opinion, and men will talk about you.Proverbs and old sayings about opinion, man, contentment
Don't send an old man to buy a donkey, nor a young man to woo a wife.Proverbs and old sayings about commerce, wife, man, old, olderness
You can always find good elements in the misfortune that strikes you.Proverbs and old sayings about contentment, good, good luck
The most useful holy war is the one fought against your own passions.Proverbs and old sayings about war
Life is made of two days. One which is sweet and the other is bitter.Proverbs and old sayings about bitter, day, life
He gets his passage for nothing and then winks at the captain's wife.Proverbs and old sayings about wife, nothing
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.Proverbs and old sayings about absolution
You know a man by the sweat of his brow and the strength of his word.Proverbs and old sayings about word, man, contentment
If a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity.Proverbs and old sayings about stupidity, man
If you buy cheap meat, you'll smell what you have saved when it boils.Proverbs and old sayings about commerce, contentment
Seven days king, seven days minister, slave for the rest of your life.Proverbs and old sayings about day, rest, life
He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light.Proverbs and old sayings about light, people
Throw him into the river and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.Proverbs and old sayings about fishing
Take wisdom from the wise - not everyone who rides a horse is a jockey.Proverbs and old sayings about wisdom
Never celebrate someone's leaving, until you know who will succeed him.Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
IF the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow.Proverbs and old sayings about body