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The real owners of the land are not yet born.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about real estate, americans

We do not inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about ancestors, children, americans

Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it.

Proverbs and old sayings about need, contentment

The rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Proverbs and old sayings

Many a one for land takes a fool by the hand.

Proverbs and old sayings British

One acre of performance, is worth twenty of the land of promise.

Proverbs and old sayings British about promise

The Donkey, though it may go to the Holy Land, will still come back a donkey.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

Praise the sea, but keep on land.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about praise

The remedy for love is--land between.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about love

Learning is better than house and land.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home, house

You buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about commerce, contentment

It is better to work in your own land than to count your money abroad.

Proverbs and old sayings Croatian about work, money

With law must the land be built.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about law

It is folly to drown on dry land.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Better poor on land than rich at sea.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wealth

The sword keeps the peace of the land.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about peace

A clean hand moves freely through the land.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

One penny is better on land than ten on the sea.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A lord without land, is like a cask without wine.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wine

The foot of the owner is the best manure for his land.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish