If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about rules, games, things, time, contentment
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A fool only wins the first game.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about games
When the game is most thriving it is time to leave off.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about games, time
The game isn't worth the candle.
Proverbs and old sayings English about games
At the end of the game the king and the pawn go into the same bag.
Proverbs and old sayings English about games, end
He who leaves the game, loses.
Proverbs and old sayings French about games
The game is not worth the candle.
Proverbs and old sayings French about games
It is well to leave off playing when the game is at its best.
Proverbs and old sayings French about games
Better play at small game than stand out.
Proverbs and old sayings German about games
When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.
Proverbs and old sayings German about games
He who looks on know more of the game than he who plays.
Proverbs and old sayings German about games
Women and wine, game and deceit, Make the wealth small and the wants great.
Proverbs and old sayings German about lie, games, wealth, wine
The big game often appears when the hunter has given up the hunt for the day.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about hunters, games, day
Those who play the game do not see it as clearly as those who watch.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about games
Lookers-on see most of the game.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about games
It is a bad game where nobody wins.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about games, bad luck, bad
At the end of the game we see who wins.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about games, end
Who knows not the game, let him not play.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about games
He who looks on has two-thirds of the game.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about games
At the end of the game you'll see who's the winner.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about games, end, contentment
