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Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.

Proverbs and old sayings about thieves

Give neither counsel or salt till you are asked for it.

Proverbs and old sayings about moral, contentment

Give him an inch and he will take a yard.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about garden

Give me, Lord, my daily bread, I will get my own brandy.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

When you give something, give it with a beautiful and happy face.

Proverbs and old sayings Romanian about happiness, face, contentment

We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about conduct, advice, americans

No one will give a pauper bread, but everybody will give him advice.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about advice

To give in order to receive is not to give, but to beg.

Proverbs and old sayings about order

Gentlemen don't want to give much and are ashamed to give little.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech

If you give a man nuts then give him something to crack them with.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about man, contentment

To give quickly is to give doubly.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Don't give cherries to a pig; don't give advice to a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about advice

Better give than not to have to give.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

What you give for the cause of charity in health is gold; what you give in sickness is silver; what you give after death is lead.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about charity, death, contentment

The more you give in, the more you have to give in.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about contentment

Small children give you headache; big children give you heartache.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children, contentment

Don't give in to spells, they won't give in to you.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The earth says: Give to me and I'll give to you.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about earth, contentment

The pig says: give to me and I'll give to you, don't tell me how long it's taking.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment