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He, who neglects the little, loses the greater.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Who aims at things beyond his reach, the greater will be his fall.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about fall, things

Nobility of conduct is a greater recommendation than nobility of birth.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about conduct

The distance between heaven and earth is no greater than one thought.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian about thinking, earth

The greater love is a mother's then comes a dog's then a sweetheart's.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about mother, love

The higher up, the greater fall.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about fall

You must always be careful with something that is greater than you are.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

After one vice a greater follows.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about vice

The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about wealth

Cleaning a blot with blotted fingers maketh a greater.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Don't talk too much, because your ignorance is greater than your knowledge.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about ignorance, knowledge

Poverty has no greater foe than bashfulness.

Proverbs and old sayings about shame, poverty

The patience of the hunter is always greater than that of the prey.

Proverbs and old sayings about hunters, patience

There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give.

Proverbs and old sayings about nothing

There is no greater misfortune, than to not be able to endure misfortune.

Proverbs and old sayings

A stupid friend is a greater plague than a wise enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about enemies

Treat the lesser as you would have the greater treat you.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

We have far greater compassion for another's misfortune than our pleasure in another's good fortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about pleasure, wealth, good, good luck

Passion is of greater consequence than facts.

Proverbs and old sayings about consequences

Laws control the lesser man; right conduct controls the greater one.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conduct, rightness, man