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No gain is as certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about use, contentment

No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about use, contentment

To win a dispute is to gain a chicken and lose a cow.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about dispute

Learn weeping, and you shall gain laughing.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about contentment

Old age is not a joy, but death is not a gain.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about olderness, joy, age, death, old

There is rarely gain without deception.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about deception

By cultivating bottom land, you gain sustenance and goods.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment

Everyone thinks of his own gain, and plays in this way to deceive his companion.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

If you show a rich man kindness, you gain nothing, but when you wrong him he avenges himself instantly.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about bad, wealth, nothing, contentment, man

Friendly words gain much and cost nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about word, nothing

A morsel eaten selfishly does not gain a friend.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about olderness, age, woman, old

Give at first asking what you safely can; 'tis certain gain to help an honest man.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about help, man, contentment

Once you lost the trust of someone, it is almost impossible to gain it back.

Proverbs and old sayings about impossible, contentment

He who hath lost his good name how shall he in future gain his living.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about future, name, good, good luck

Give way to him with whom you contend; by doing so you will gain the victory.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about victory, contentment