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A handful of love is better than an oven full of bread.

Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about love

Love is full of fear.

Proverbs and old sayings British about fear, love

When the cup is full, carry it even.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Active hands, full bellies.

Proverbs and old sayings Cambodian

A young doctor makes a full graveyard.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Just scales and full measure injure no man.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about measure, man

A full bottle makes no sound; a half-bottle sloshes around.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Enough food and a pipe full of tobacco makes you equal to the immortals.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about food, contentment

Jails are always closed yet full, while temples are always open yet empty.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The jail is closed day and night and always full; temples are always open and still empty.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night, day

No matter how full the river, it still wants to swell more.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese

A full purse cannot bend.

Proverbs and old sayings

When a pig has eaten its full, it pushes over its trough.

Proverbs and old sayings

Rainy March, beehives full of worms, and rams with colds.

Proverbs and old sayings

An empty purse can't stand alone and a full purse can't bend.

Proverbs and old sayings

To get to know people, you have to eat a full donkey's cargo of salt together.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, contentment

With a full belly it is easy to talk about fasting.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian about fasting

A full stomach praises Lent.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

The miser's bag is never full.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A neighbour's eye is full of jealousy.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about jealousy