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A bad man's gift is like his master.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about gifts, bad luck, bad, man

Life is a gift for which we pay dearly.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about gifts, life

A nice day, a gift for a street peddlar.

Proverbs and old sayings about gifts, day

Masters who sacrifice for servants will receive the gift of loyalty.

Proverbs and old sayings about sacrifice, gifts

One favours him from whom one has in the past received a gift.

Proverbs and old sayings about gifts, past

To take revenge on an enemy, give him an elephant -- first he must thank you for the gift, and then the elephant's appetite will deplete your enemy's resources.

Proverbs and old sayings Nepalese about contentment, enemies, revenge, gifts

Not to know the good we have Till time has stolen the cherish'd gift away, Is cause of half the misery that we feel, And makes the world the wilderness it is.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about gifts, world, time, good, good luck

A beggar will always be a beggar even if they give him the whole world as a gift.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about gifts, world

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. Trojan War, Virgil in the Aeneid

Proverbs and old sayings British about gifts, war, old, olderness

Each day provides its own gifts.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about gifts, day, americans

It is difficult to repay the gifts you get at a wedding or a funeral.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about marriage, gifts, contentment

Favour and gifts disturb justice.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about gifts, justice

Secret gifts are openly rewarded.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about gifts, secret

God gives little folks small gifts.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about gifts, god

Don't trust the Greek bearing gifts.

Proverbs and old sayings English about gifts

Small gifts maintain friendship, big ones maintain love.

Proverbs and old sayings French about gifts, friendship, love