Sorrow for the death of a father lasts six months; sorrow for a mother, a year; sorrow for a wife, until another wife; sorrow for a son, forever.
Proverbs and old sayings about sadness, wife, death, mother
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He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life's pleasures is like a blacksmith's bellows: he breathes but does not live.
Proverbs and old sayings about generosity, life, day
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
Proverbs and old sayings about vision, dream, happiness, hope, day
Be brave where bravery is honorable.
Proverbs and old sayings
Gossip needs no carriage.
Proverbs and old sayings about gossip
Ask a lot, but take what is offered.
Proverbs and old sayings
The hammer shatters glass but forges steel.
Proverbs and old sayings
Love and eggs are best when they are fresh.
Proverbs and old sayings about love
You can not write in the chimney with charcoal.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne.
Proverbs and old sayings about risk, drinking
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about contentment
It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.
Proverbs and old sayings
If you were born lucky, even your rooster will lay eggs.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.
Proverbs and old sayings about real estate, contentment
If the thunder is not loud, the peasant forgets to cross himself.
Proverbs and old sayings about peasantry
The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food.
Proverbs and old sayings about food, wealth, money
Za dvumya zaitsami pogonish'sya, ne odnogo ne poimaesh'. (If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. )
Proverbs and old sayings Russian about trap, contentment
I need not fear my enemies because the most they can do is attack me. I need not fear my friends because the most they can do is betray me. But I have much to fear from people who are indifferent.
Proverbs and old sayings about fear, attack, need, enemies, people
Do not spread your corn to dry at an enemy's door.
Proverbs and old sayings Asturian about enemies
