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People lend only to the rich.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wealth, people

Do not lend your money to a great man.

Proverbs and old sayings French about money, man

You easily lend bread to the one who has flour.

Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment

If you lend something you may lose it, but not if you give it.

Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment

Gone is gone; no Jew will lend upon it.

Proverbs and old sayings German

What you lend to a friend, an enemy sues for.

Proverbs and old sayings German about enemies, contentment

He who does not want to lend loses friends; he who lends gains enemies.

Proverbs and old sayings German about enemies

A borrower may not lend the thing he borrowed.

Proverbs and old sayings about things

If lending were a good idea, then the husband would lend out his wife.

Proverbs and old sayings about idea, husband, wife, good, good luck

If you lend your coat, don't cut off the buttons.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about contentment

Better give a penny than lend twenty.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Better give a penny then lend twenty.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Does your neighbour love you? Lend him a sequin.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about love, contentment

Does your neighbor bore you? Lend him some money.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about money, contentment

To lend your hatchet and get your forest cut down.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about force, police, money, love, contentment

It is better to give than to lend and it costs about the same.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish

Give to the poor, lend to God.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about god

If you would make an enemy, lend a man money, and ask for it back again.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about enemies, money, man, contentment

Be sure not to owe anything to the rich, and don't lend anything to the poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about wealth