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Lip courtesy pleases much and costs little.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The court of Rome likes not sheep without wool.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

An excess of courtesy is discourtesy.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about excess

An excess of courtesy is a discourtesy.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about excess

The lawsuit of a fool keeps the court all day.

Proverbs and old sayings about day

Less of your courtesy, and more of your purse.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

In courtship a man pursues a woman until she catches him.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about woman, man

Fortune and misfortune live in the same courtyard.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about wealth

They come into the courtroom in a suit and leave with no trousers.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Better happy to court, nor good service.

Proverbs and old sayings about happiness, good, good luck

A friend in Court is worth a penny in purse.

Proverbs and old sayings

Highest in the court, nearest the widdie.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Love's as warm among cotters as courtiers.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about love

Many court the child for the sake of the nurse.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about children

Overwhelming courtesy raises concern that you may be being deceitful.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about worry, being, contentment

Lip courtesy avails much and costs little.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The more you court a clown the statelier he grows.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about clowns, contentment

The judge's son goes into the courtroom without fear.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about judges, fear

If the devil is going to take me, said the courtesan, let it be in a coach.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about devil

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about friendship, love