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The blindnes of that one is his good fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, good, good luck

Don't praise my good fortune before I'm dead and buried.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about praise, wealth, good, good luck

Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, mother, good, good luck

One's best fortune, or, their worst is their spouse.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth

Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.

Proverbs and old sayings about obstacles, merit, envy, reason, wealth, fear, bad luck, bad

If Fortune calls, offer him a seat.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wealth

When fortune calls, offer her a chair.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wealth

When Dame Fortune calls, offer her a chair.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wealth

There's plenty of time to bemoan bad fortune once it arrives.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wealth, time, bad luck, bad

Manners make often fortunes.

Proverbs and old sayings British

The winds of heaven change suddenly; so do human fortunes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about human imperfections, change

What first appears as a calamity may later bring good fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth, good, good luck

Those who inherit fortunes are frequently more of a problem than those who made them.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese

Whatever is given to the poor, is laid out of the reach of fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wealth

A pot trader whose fortunes are all invested in her clay pots isn't much of a merchant.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo

When a crow is killed by a storm, the fortuneteller says, He died by my curse.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

The priest's friend loses his faith, the doctor's his health, and the lawyer's his fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about faith, wealth

One man restored our fortunes by delay.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man

He is the architect of his own fortunes.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin