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No Jew a fool; no hare lazy.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The lazy man always does twice the work.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about work, man

A lazy ox is little the better for the goad.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

The lazy servant to save one step takes eight.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

A lazy person with a nephwe does not eat dry rice.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

A lazy messenger is not short of excuses.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

Luck will carry a man across the brook if he is not too lazy to leap.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bad luck, good luck, man

Saints sleep three hours, merchants sleep five, ordinary people seven and the lazy sleep nine.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sleep, saints, people

If you want a beautiful woman, hurry to Syracuse: if you want her ugly, run to Terranova, go to Rosolini if you want her lazy and to Spaccaforno if you're looking for one to try.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment, woman