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But now I was a rich man, three things have left me bare; dice, wine, and women, these three have made me poor.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wine, wealth, things, man

Correct a wise man, and he will be grateful; correct a fool, and he will not only give a deaf ear, but send you off with a flea in your ear.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man, contentment

Every man forges his own destiny.

Proverbs and old sayings about destiny, man

Sleep is the poor man's treasure.

Proverbs and old sayings about treasure, sleep, man

He is like a deaf man at a wedding procession.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about marriage, man

Beware of the man to whom you have done a good turn.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about good, good luck, man, contentment

The son of an old man is an orphan, and his wife is a widow.

Proverbs and old sayings Lebanese about wife, man, old, olderness

To the patient man will come all the riches of the world.

Proverbs and old sayings Liberian about wealth, world, man

To a starving man bread is sweeter than honey.

Proverbs and old sayings Lithuanian about man

A man without a beard is like bread without a crust.

Proverbs and old sayings Lithuanian about man

Offer the lazy man an egg, and he'll want you to peel it for him.

Proverbs and old sayings Lithuanian about man, contentment

A man's eyes are for seeing, a woman's for being seen.

Proverbs and old sayings about being, eyes, woman, man

A brave man who climbs trees is food for their roots.

Proverbs and old sayings about food, man

The man does not see the brisket he is eating.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

It is impossible to find a man who has everything, but it is possible tofind one who enjoys the things he has.

Proverbs and old sayings about impossible, things, man

Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him.

Proverbs and old sayings about pets, man

The lazy man who goes to borrow a spade says, I hope I will not find one.

Proverbs and old sayings about hope, man

In a fight with a fool it's a wise man who quits.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about fight, man

Divorce a young woman and you make another man happy.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about happiness, woman, man, contentment

A man finds many faults in a woman when he wants to divorce, and finds many charms in one's fianc6e.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about woman, man