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The just man may sin with an open chest of gold before him.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sin, man

Giving gold coins to a cat.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Even a fool knows the glow of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

He who has gold is served by the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about devil

A good cat does not need a collar of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about need, good, good luck

One written word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about word

Half an hour in a spring evening is worth a thousand gold pieces.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about spring

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

One moment is worth more than a thousand gold pieces.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about moment

A ring of gold in a sow's nostril.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Believe not that all that shines is gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about faith

An ape is an ape, though decked with gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

'Tis folly to love fetters, though they be of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about love

Eloquence avails nothing against the voice of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about voice, nothing

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and silken cords pinch.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wealth, man

'Tis gold Which makes the true man killed, and saves the thief; Nay, sometimes hangs both thief and true man; what Can it not do, and undo?

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about thieves, man

If the walls were adamant, gold would take the town.

Proverbs and old sayings Liberian about city

Without gold even the daylight is dark.

Proverbs and old sayings Lithuanian about dark