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A good painter need not give a name to his picture, a bad one must.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about name, need, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Better have to give than have to beg.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Fools sometimes give wise men counsel.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about moral, man

To give is honour, to beg is dishonour.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about honour

If you want to know villain, give him a stick.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about criminals, contentment

If you would have the dog follow you, give him bread.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about contentment

A bad neighbor will give you a needle with no thread.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about bad luck, bad, contentment

If you give orders and leave, the work won't get done.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about work, contentment

Water by Saint John's takes oil and doesn't give bread.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about saints, water

Better is one Take this, than two I-will-give-you.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about contentment

It's better one 'Take this' than two 'I will give this to you'.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about contentment

Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about pleasure

God give you luck, my son, for little wit must serve your turn.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about bad luck, good luck, god, contentment

Would you have me serve you, good king, give me the means of living.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about contentment, good, good luck

Visits always give pleasure -- if not at the arrival, then at the departure.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about pleasure

A man cannot give what he hasn't got.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about man

He that is long giving knows not how to give.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Use the means, and God will give the blessing.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about use, god

To promise and give nothing is comfort to a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about promise, nothing

The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about god