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You lament not the dead, but lament the trouble of making a grave; the way of the ghost is longer than the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings about problems, contentment

Oh old hyena eat me without making excuses.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about old, olderness

There's nothing like being bespattered for making a man defy the gutter.

Proverbs and old sayings French about being, nothing, man

There's no making apples of plums.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Success is doing what you like and making a living at it.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about success, contentment

True happiness consists in making others happy.

Proverbs and old sayings about happiness

A three day long merry-making and regret lasting till death.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about regret, death, day

There is no making pancakes without breaking the eggs.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

It is a good file that cuts iron without making a noise.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about good, good luck

There's no making the ass drink when his is not thirsty.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about drinking

When the millers are making an uproar, do you tie up your sacks.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contentment

There as many ways of making a living as seeds of grass.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

What harm is there in making a trial?

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

You keep making that face and it'll stay that way.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about face, contentment

A ridiculous accident has often been the making of many.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Nothing reaches the intellect before making its appearance in the senses.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about nothing

When you're out of luck in the coffin making business, no one dies.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about affair, bad luck, good luck, contentment

Marriage without love-making means sad consequences and sorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about consequences, marriage, sadness, love

He who does not intend to pay is not troubled in making his bargain.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

There will be trouble if the cobbler starts making pies.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about problems