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A drop of wisdom is better than a sea of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about wisdom

Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter, it gleams in the sun and neighs in the dark.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, dark, sun

Liberty is dearer than gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about liberty

Rust cannot do any harm to gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He who gets up early finds gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

All is not gold that glistereth.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

Every honest miller has a thumb of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

Under the mountains is silver and gold, But under the night sky, hunger and cold.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about hunger, sky, night

A stone thrown at the right time is better than gold given at the wrong time.

Proverbs and old sayings about time, bad, rightness

Better April showers than the breadth of the ocean in gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

There is a crock of gold in the tomb of every chieftain, but they are all guarded by cats and fairies.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A gold key opens every door.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A gold ring does not cure a felon.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Better gain in mud than lose in gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A man of straw needs a woman of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about woman, man

When gold speaks every tongue is silent.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Where gold speaks every tongue is silent.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The same fire purifies gold and consumes straw.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fire, fire brigade

The same fire which purifies gold consumes straw.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about fire, fire brigade

A cage made of gold does not feed the bird inside of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian