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Sleep on a bed of silver and dream of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Lithuanian about dream, sleep

Not all that glitters is gold; not all that is sticky is tar.

Proverbs and old sayings Lithuanian

All that glitters is not gold, and all that is sticky is not tar.

Proverbs and old sayings Lithuanian

The body pays for a slip of the foot and gold pays for a slip of the tongue.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about body

One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

Though the cage be made of gold, it's still a prison.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about prison

Though a cage may be made of gold, it is still a cage.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

Like a gold ring in a pigs snout is a woman without descretion.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about woman

A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but Allah tests the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about tests, heart

A good name is better than gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about name, good, good luck

A mother is gold, a father is a mirror.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about mother

Build with silver and cover with gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

The lack of gold only a headache.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian

May God strike the rich man blind by his own gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about blind, wealth, god, man

Whether you were gold or satin, you're the same acanthus-seller.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about contentment

With gold in your pocket you are wise, you are handsome, and you dance well too.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about dance, contentment

Not everything that shines is gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

I hate fetters though they be of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about hate

A man of straw is better than a woman of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about woman, man

Fire is the test of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about tests, fire, fire brigade