Proverbs and old sayings, page 543

43575 proverbs and old sayings

Misery and poverty are two sisters; discord is their first cousin.

Proverbs and old sayings about poverty

He who goes slowly, goes surely; and he who goes surely, goes far.

Proverbs and old sayings

Once grape gathering has finished, you have to hang up the basket.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

Beautiful things are never as beautiful as those that are pleasing.

Proverbs and old sayings about things

Santa Maria, Sich? : if you're not a thief you won't be happy there.

Proverbs and old sayings about happiness, thieves, contentment

Ajaccio, Ajaccio, if you don't go there, you won't lose your money.

Proverbs and old sayings about money, contentment

When the sky looks like a hot oven, if no rain today, rain tomorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings about rain, sky

What a sad bench it is that has never been sat upon by a grey beard.

Proverbs and old sayings

When peaches flower and ripen, days and nights have the same length.

Proverbs and old sayings about garden, day

A curse turns around and strikes the one who uttered it in the face.

Proverbs and old sayings about face

Black ewe and white ewe: they who die, die, and those who live, live.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, magic

Not behaving and not organizing are as good as throwing yourself away.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck

A fine rain still soaks you to the bone, but no one takes it seriously.

Proverbs and old sayings about rain, contentment

No matter who has died, I want to sing. But when I die, anyone can sing.

Proverbs and old sayings about death

A person peeing right against a wall most certainly has an Adam's apple.

Proverbs and old sayings about rightness, people

He who has nothing will not eat. If you want flour, go gather chestnuts.

Proverbs and old sayings about nothing, contentment

Piglia muglieri, ch? affrinar?. Maries-toi et tu deviendras plus temp? r?.

Proverbs and old sayings

The yew tree exists three hundred years: first green, then dry, then gone.

Proverbs and old sayings

The vine says to the vintager: Make me poor, and I will make you rich.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, contentment

Life is just as long as the time it takes for someone to pass by a window.

Proverbs and old sayings about life, time