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A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

A guest sees more in an hour than the host sees in a year.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

The ass's son brays one hour daily.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Time and the hour are not to be tied with a rope.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about time

Better to be queen for an hour than a countess for life.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about life

An hour of play discovers more than a year of conversation.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about conversation

An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

It chances in an hour, that happens not in seven years.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about chance

Scots-men reckon ay fra an ill hour.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

It will come in an hour, that will not come in a year.

Proverbs and old sayings

When the rooster crows off the hour, don't hesitate to adjust the time.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about time

He that has an hour's start will not be hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Put off the evil hour as long as you can.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

An hour of pain is as long as a day of pleasure.

Proverbs and old sayings about pleasure, pain, day

One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer.

Proverbs and old sayings about justice

One hour of justice is worth seventy hours of prayer.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about justice

Lose an hour in the morning, chase it all day.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about day

What is past is gone, what is hoped for is absent, for you is the hour in which you are.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about absent, past, contentment

A fool can ask more questions in a minute than a wise man can answer in an hour.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, man

It takes a year to make a friend, but you can lose one in an hour.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment