Proverbs and old sayings, page 54

43575 proverbs and old sayings

Praise the young and they will blossom.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about praise

Public before private and country before family.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about public, family, country

Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Riches run after the rich, and poverty runs after the poor.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wealth, poverty

Roasted pigeons will not fly into one's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Rome was not built in a day

Proverbs and old sayings British about day, old, olderness

Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Seek counsel of him who makes you weep, and not of him who makes you laugh.

Proverbs and old sayings about moral, contentment

Set a beggar on horseback, and he 'll out ride the Devil.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil

Silence was never written down.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about silence

Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Sit a beggar at your table and he will soon put his feet on it.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings English about sleep, woman, man

Small children give you headache; big children heartache.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children, contentment

Some people are masters of money, and some its slaves.

Proverbs and old sayings Chechen about money, people

Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.

Proverbs and old sayings English about pain, husband, sadness

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Proverbs and old sayings English about contentment

Sweet is the wine but sour is the payment.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wine

Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear.

Proverbs and old sayings English about devil

Tell me who you live with, and I will tell you who you are.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about contentment