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An empty cellar makes an angry butler.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Better cross an angry man than a fasting man.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about fasting, man

You may gain by fair words what may fail you by angry ones.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about word, contentment

He that can reply to an angry man is too hard for him.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about man

No man is angry that feels not himself hurt.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

He that is angry without a cause shall be pleased without amends.

Proverbs and old sayings English

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who will not.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

Two things a man should never get angry at: what he can help and what he cannot.

Proverbs and old sayings English about help, things, man

Who is generous is lazy, who is angry is diligent.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian

Stones hurled to the sky. Don't get angry if you get hit.

Proverbs and old sayings about sky, contentment

When sheep get angry they are worse than wolves.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He who has been angry becomes cool again.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

When the gods are angry with a man, they give him what he asks for.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about gods, man

All kinds of hellish devils rule an angry person.

Proverbs and old sayings about devil, rules, people

When the wise man gets angry, he stops being wise.

Proverbs and old sayings about being, man

Don't be quick to get angry; rage is found in the bosom of fools.

Proverbs and old sayings

An angry word is like striking with a knife.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about generosity, truth, man

No matter how stressed or angry we are, we have to solve a problem with rationale.

Proverbs and old sayings

It is truth that makes a many angry.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about truth