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A clean mouth and honest hand, will take a man through any land.

Proverbs and old sayings German about man

There are such things as false truths and honest lies.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, things

Where rich people can make honest money, poor people have to steal.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, people, wealth, money

When swindlers meet a genuinely honest man, they're so astonished they regard him as a greater swindler than themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings about criminals, man

Every honest miller has a thumb of gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

Many an honest heart beats under a ragged coat.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about heart

As honest as a cat when the meat is out of reach.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

A dishonest woman can't be kept in and an honest woman won't.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman

The poorhouse is full of honest people.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about people

When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about thieves

The poorhouse is filled with honest people.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about people

So kind and so honest my lady appears to be.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

For an honest man half his wits are enough; the whole is too little for a knave.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

He is not an honest man who has burned his tongue and does not tell the company that the soup is hot.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about companies, man

Every man honest till de day him ketch.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about day, man

God lives in an honest heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about heart, god

Locks keep out only the honest.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish

He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment, brings him up to be a thief.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about thieves

When con men meet a legitimately honest man, they are so bewildered that they consider him a greater con man than themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about man

There's nothing more dangerous than an honest business man.

Proverbs and old sayings about affair, nothing, man