Almsgiving never impoverished, stealing never enriched, and prosperity never made wise.
Proverbs and old sayings English about thieves, prosperity
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A dimple in the chin, your living comes in; a dimple in the cheek, your living to seek.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Why worry? If you worry - you die. If you don't worry - you'll still die. So why worry?
Proverbs and old sayings English about worry, death, contentment
In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty.
Proverbs and old sayings English about prosperity
He that has no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning.
Proverbs and old sayings English about family
Sometimes people who live in glass houses throw stones because their windows are painted.
Proverbs and old sayings English about people
The italians are wise before the deed; the germans in the deed; the french after the deed.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Curiosity killed the cat. Satisfaction brought it back, that's why the cat has nine lives.
Proverbs and old sayings English about curiosity
If you don't love yourself with passion, you'll love others with it. Passion is conserved.
Proverbs and old sayings English about love, contentment
Beer before liquor, you'll never be sicker, but liquor before beer and you're in the clear.
Proverbs and old sayings English about contentment
If wishes were horses, then beggers would ride, but you better not think about going outside.
Proverbs and old sayings English about contentment
With one child you may walk; with two you may ride; when you have three, at home you must bide.
Proverbs and old sayings English about home, children, contentment
A cobbler formed the shape of shoes on a wooden foot shaped last. If it lasted long he was happy.
Proverbs and old sayings English about happiness
The person who is tired will find time to sleep. A person with a bad name is already half hanged.
Proverbs and old sayings English about people, name, sleep, time, bad luck, bad
The village slatternly wench has the form of a dove, the heart of a fox, and the mind of an toad.
Proverbs and old sayings English about mind, heart
If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; if you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.
Proverbs and old sayings English about happiness, garden, life, contentment
A degenerate nobleman is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground.
Proverbs and old sayings English about nothing, good, good luck
In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.
Proverbs and old sayings English about sleep, trap, fishing
The first year let your house to your enemy; the second to your friend; the third live in it yourself.
Proverbs and old sayings English about enemies, home, house
Set out wisely at first; custom will make every virtue more easy and pleasant to you than any vice can be.
Proverbs and old sayings English about vice, virtue, contentment
