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There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about destruction, glory, things, americans
Get what you can, and what you get, hold; it's the stone that will turn all your lead into gold.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, contentment
A woman is like the moon-some nights it is silver others gold.
Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about moon, woman
If you like what you are doing, nothing is too far and no job is too hard. The person who makes an error should be taught, and not made fun of. A good character is more valuable than gold.
Proverbs and old sayings about error, character, people, nothing, contentment, good, good luck
Words are mere bubbles of water, but deeds are drops of gold.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about deeds, word, water
Read critically, and you will find each word worth a thousand ounces of gold.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about word, contentment
Poor thieves in halters we behold; And great thieves in their chains of gold.
Proverbs and old sayings English about thieves
So it goes in the world: one has the purse, the other has the gold.
Proverbs and old sayings German about world
That usury is a sin some hold, but take for granted they've no gold.
Proverbs and old sayings German about sin
Brandy is as lead in the morning, silver at noon, and gold at night.
Proverbs and old sayings German about night
Hares are caught with hounds, fools with praise, and women with gold.
Proverbs and old sayings German about praise
To have a hut built from mud here is better than a palace made from gold and marble on the Arabian Gulf.
Proverbs and old sayings
If you are sick, think about your life; if you are better, think about your gold.
Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian about life, contentment
Love looks through spectacles that make copper look like gold, poverty like riches, and tears like pearls.
Proverbs and old sayings Peruvian about wealth, tears, poverty, love
One for sorrow, two for joy, Three for a girl, four for a boy. Five for silver, six for gold, And seven for a secret that must never be told.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about joy, secret, sadness
Men are not weighed by hundredweight, but by the ounce, like gold.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man
A virgin may travel alone at midnight and be safe, and a purse of gold dropped in the road at midday will never be stolen.
Proverbs and old sayings Syrian
