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A thousand regrets do not cancel one debt.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

It is better to pay and have a little left than to have much and be always in debt.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

A pound's worth of tears will not settle a penny's worth of debt.

Proverbs and old sayings about tears

A hundred waggonsful of sorrow will not pay a handful of debt.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sadness

When death comes, the rich man has no money and the poor man no debt.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about death, wealth, money, man

A hundred years of fretting will not pay a halfpenny of debt.

Proverbs and old sayings French

When the leopard has a broken paw, the antellope comes to collect an old debt.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about old, olderness

A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Going to bed without dinner is better than waking up in debt.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican

He getteth a great deal of credit, who payeth but a small debt.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

There are four things every person has more of than they know; sins, debt, years, and foes.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about sin, people, things